Ottapidaram
{{Short description|Taluk in Tamil Nadu, India}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
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{{Infobox settlement
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| settlement_type = Taluk of Thoothukudi District
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| subdivision_name1 = Tamil Nadu
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| subdivision_name2 = Thoothukudi
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| unit_pref = Metric
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| population_total = 7963
| population_as_of = 2011
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
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| timezone1 = IST
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = PIN
| postal_code = 628401
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 0461
| registration_plate = TN 69
| blank1_name_sec1 = Nearest city
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| blank5_name_sec1 = Vidhan Sabha constituency
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| blank1_name_sec2 = Climate
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Ottapidaram is a small town in Thoothukudi district and headquarters of Ottapidaram taluk.
Demographics
- Ottapidaram had a population of Ottapidaram as per the 2011 Census,{{cite news
| title =Ottapidaram Town Population Census 2011
| newspaper =Population Census
| location =Chennai
| date =7 June 2023
| url =https://www.census2011.co.in/data/village/642427-ottappidaram-tamil-nadu.html
| access-date =20 April 2024}} out of which 4000 are males while 3963 are females in the town.
- Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 864 which is 10.85 % of total population of the town.
- The female sex ratio is of 991 against the Tamilnadu state average of 996. Moreover Child Sex Ratio in Komaralingam is around 943 compared to Tamil Nadu state average of 943.
- The Literacy rate of the town is 84.70 % against the state average of 80.09 %. The male literacy is around 90.33 % while female literacy rate is 79.06 &.
- The Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes about 54.36 % of the population, while the Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.72 % of total population in the town.
Villages
Villages in Ottapidaram include:
See also
References
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081231102819/http://www.muthukamalam.com/muthukamalam_katturai27.htm]