By population, Kottathurai ranks #16 of 52 villages in Palani mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kottathurai is a village of 3,342 people in 1,015 households (Census 2011) in Palani taluk, Dindigul district, Tamil Nadu, the 16th-largest of 52 villages in Palani taluk. Literacy is 63%, about the same as the taluk average of 63% and the sex ratio is 1,034 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 624617, served by Keeranur(MA) post office; the LGD village code is 635122. The village votes in Vedasandur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Saminathan. T. The population is estimated at 3,940 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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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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