# Ottoor Village, Chirayinkeezhu, Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala)

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Village · Chirayinkeezhu, Thiruvananthapuram 

# Ottoor

Ottoor is a village in Chirayinkeezhu sub-district of Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala, PIN code **695611**. The 2011 Census counted **16,085 people in 4,260 households**, the 15th largest of 21 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 93.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 92.7%.

- 16,085people (2011)
- 4,260households
- 93.9%literacy
- 695611PIN code

## Ottoor PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Ottoor is 695611.** Ottoor falls in Chirayinkeezhu sub-district, Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala.

- PIN code695611
- Gram panchayatOttoor
- Community development blockVarkala
- Census village code628466

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

## How far is Ottoor from nearby towns?

- Attingal (sub-district HQ)10 km by road
- Thiruvananthapuram (district HQ)34 km by road
- Attingal (nearest town)10 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 Ottoor?

30 services counted by the Census are inside Ottoor; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 6 govt · 2 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 4 govt · 2 private
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●DispensaryIn village · 2 · 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
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●ATMIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn 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 · Attingal
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Attingal
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes 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 Ottoor known for?

The main crops are **coconut, tapioca and paddy**. About 65% of the 947 hectares of village land is sown, and 71 hectares are irrigated.

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

## Homes and amenities in Ottoor

Of every 100 households in Ottoor in 2011, 94 had electricity, 95 a toilet at home and 39 cooked with LPG; 64 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 10 a car.

■ Ottoor · ■ Chirayinkeezhu rural average

Electricity for lighting ****94%**

**93%

Toilet within the home ****95%**

**92%

No toilet (open defecation) ****3%**

**6%

Tap water ****11%**

**26%

Drinking water within premises ****90%**

**84%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****39%**

**34%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****60%**

**65%

Use banking services ****59%**

**66%

Television ****78%**

**76%

Mobile phone ****64%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****7%**

**4%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**14%

Car / jeep / van ****10%**

**7%

None of these assets ****9%**

**8%

Own their home ****94%**

**94%

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 Ottoor?

■ Ottoor · ■ Chirayinkeezhu rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****93.9%**

**92.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1224**

**1188

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1027**

**969

Working population ****36.3%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.2% for men and 92.1% for women. 52% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 251 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 404 (7%) · **■** Household industry 72 (1%) · **■** Other work 3,452 (59%) · **■** Marginal 1,656 (28%)

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 Chirayinkeezhu

- Madavoor21,118 people
- Kilimanoor20,515 people
- Elamba-Mudakkal20,314 people
- Pallickal16,873 people
- Karavaram15,898 people
- Nagaroor15,072 people
- Kudavoor14,151 people
- Vellalloor11,440 people

[All 21 villages in Chirayinkeezhu](https://wherepedia.org/india/kerala/thiruvananthapuram/chirayinkeezhu/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Ottoor?695611
- How far is Ottoor from Thiruvananthapuram?34 km by road
- What is the population of Ottoor?16,085 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ottoor in?Thiruvananthapuram district (Chirayinkeezhu sub-district), Kerala
- What is the literacy rate of Ottoor?93.9% (Census 2011)
