# Teekoy Village, Meenachil, Kottayam (Kerala) – PIN Code

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Village · Meenachil, Kottayam 

# Teekoy

Teekoy is a village in Meenachil sub-district of Kottayam district, Kerala, PIN code **685580**. The 2011 Census counted **9,418 people in 2,181 households**, the 19th largest of 25 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 96.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 97.5%.

- 9,418people (2011)
- 2,181households
- 96.9%literacy
- 685580PIN code

## Teekoy PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Teekoy is 685580.** Teekoy falls in Meenachil sub-district, Kottayam district, Kerala.

- PIN code685580
- Gram panchayatTeekoy
- Community development blockErattupetta
- Census village code628122

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Teekoy from nearby towns?

- Palai (sub-district HQ)17 km by road
- Kottayam (district HQ)45 km by road
- Palai (nearest town)18 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Teekoy?

27 services counted by the Census are inside Teekoy; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 4 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt · 1 private
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 2 govt · 1 private
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Alternative medicine hospitalIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Internet / Common Service CentreIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college5–10 km · Erattupetta
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Palai
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)24 h summer · 24 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Teekoy known for?

The main crops are **coconut, rubber and arecanut**. About 75% of the 3,227 hectares of village land is sown.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Teekoy

Of every 100 households in Teekoy in 2011, 93 had electricity, 94 a toilet at home and 22 cooked with LPG; 87 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 13 a car.

■ Teekoy · ■ Meenachil rural average

Electricity for lighting ****93%**

**95%

Toilet within the home ****94%**

**96%

No toilet (open defecation) ****5%**

**3%

Tap water ****13%**

**23%

Drinking water within premises ****40%**

**71%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****22%**

**24%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****78%**

**74%

Use banking services ****74%**

**83%

Television ****78%**

**82%

Mobile phone ****87%**

**86%

Computer with internet ****4%**

**7%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**24%

Car / jeep / van ****13%**

**16%

None of these assets ****2%**

**3%

Own their home ****92%**

**93%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Teekoy?

■ Teekoy · ■ Meenachil rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****96.9%**

**97.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****965**

**1016

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****986**

**962

Working population ****39.5%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.6% for men and 96.1% for women. 57% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 163 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 180 (5%) · **■** Household industry 23 (1%) · **■** Other work 2,466 (66%) · **■** Marginal 887 (24%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Meenachil

- Monippally10,733 people
- Poonjar Nadubhagam10,268 people
- Veliyannoor9,917 people
- Thalappalam9,435 people
- Melukavu9,385 people
- Kurichithanam9,383 people
- Moonilavu9,213 people
- Lalam9,137 people

[All 25 villages in Meenachil](https://wherepedia.org/india/kerala/kottayam/meenachil/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Teekoy?685580
- How far is Teekoy from Kottayam?45 km by road
- What is the population of Teekoy?9,418 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Teekoy in?Kottayam district (Meenachil sub-district), Kerala
- What is the literacy rate of Teekoy?96.9% (Census 2011)
