By population, Thottanuthu ranks #3 of 41 villages in Dindiguleast mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Thottanuthu is a village of 10,217 people in 2,699 households (Census 2011) in Dindiguleast taluk, Dindigul district, Tamil Nadu, the 3rd-largest of 41 villages in Dindiguleast taluk. Literacy is 66%, 2 points above the taluk average of 64% and the sex ratio is 1,010 women per 1,000 men. It lies 16 km from the Dindigul district centre, 17 km from Vembarpatti, the nearest town, 2 km from Dindigul Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 624005, served by Balakrishnapurampudur post office; the LGD village code is 635369. Mapped within or next to the village: primary school, high school, bank, post office. The village votes in Vedasandur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Saminathan. T. The population is estimated at 12,046 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Thottanuthu →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thottanuthu · this village | 10,217 | 66% | — |
| Chettiapatti · Manapparai | 4,650 | 69% | 6.9 km NE |
| Kalayur · Paramakudi | 1,406 | 61% | 10.9 km NE |
| Ambathurai · Athoor | 9,166 | 67% | 11.3 km SW |
| Markkampatti · Dindiguleast | 1,442 | 60% | 15.2 km E |
| Vadamadurai · Uthukkottai | 6,376 | 62% | 15.6 km NE |
| Vadamadurai · Vedasandur | — | — | 15.6 km NE |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
7 Temples, 1 Church mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
10 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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