By population, Kothayam ranks #17 of 56 villages in Oddanchatram mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kothayam is a village of 3,569 people in 1,089 households (Census 2011) in Oddanchatram taluk, Dindigul district, Tamil Nadu, the 17th-largest of 56 villages in Oddanchatram taluk. Literacy is 63%, 2 points below the taluk average of 65% and the sex ratio is 985 women per 1,000 men. It lies 58 km from the Dindigul district centre, 31 km from Naranapuram, the nearest town, 9 km from Chatrappatti railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 624614, served by Chatrapatti (Dindigul) post office; the LGD village code is 635193. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Ammarapoondi, 6 km away. The village votes in Oddanchatram assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sakkarapani. R. The population is estimated at 4,208 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kothaiyam →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kothayam · this village | 3,569 | 63% | — |
| Porulur · Oddanchatram | 4,302 | 68% | 5.7 km N |
| Kallimandayam · Oddanchatram | 6,920 | 68% | 8.9 km NE |
| Ambilikai · Oddanchatram | 3,761 | 64% | 9.5 km E |
| Thoppampatti · Dharapuram | 1,765 | 57% | 10 km W |
| Thoppampatti · Pollachi | 1,135 | 65% | 10 km W |
| Thoppampatti · Harur | 491 | 62% | 10 km W |
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.
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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