By population, Odathurai ranks #5 of 24 villages in Bhavani mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Odathurai is a village of 9,196 people in 2,875 households (Census 2011) in Bhavani taluk, Erode district, Tamil Nadu, the 5th-largest of 24 villages in Bhavani taluk. Literacy is 58%, 4 points below the taluk average of 61% and the sex ratio is 999 women per 1,000 men. It lies 183 km from the Erode district centre, 17 km from Prathabaramapuram, the nearest town, 4 km from Koradacheri railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 638455, served by Kavindapadi post office; the LGD village code is 634886. The nearest hospital or health centre is Nedumaran Hospital, 4 km away. The village votes in Manachanallur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kathiravan. S. The population is estimated at 10,842 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Odathurai →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Odathurai · this village | 9,196 | 58% | — |
| Olimathi · Needamangalam | 1,736 | 79% | 0.8 km NW |
| Rishiyur · Needamangalam | 1,363 | 66% | 1.8 km S |
| Semangalam · Thiruvarur | 1,976 | 77% | 2.1 km S |
| Arasamangalam · Viluppuram | 3,282 | 61% | 2.3 km NW |
| Vaiyakalathur · Needamangalam | 838 | 76% | 2.7 km W |
| Kiliyanoor · Koothanallur | 2,596 | 67% | 3.3 km SE |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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5 Mosques, 1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
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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