# Purakkadi Village, Sulthanbathery, Wayanad (Kerala) – PIN Code > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/kerala/wayanad/sulthanbathery/purakkadi/ Village · Sulthanbathery, Wayanad # Purakkadi Purakkadi is a village in Sulthanbathery sub-district of Wayanad district, Kerala, PIN code **673591**. The 2011 Census counted **21,022 people in 5,102 households**, the 7th largest of 15 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 89.4%. - 21,022people (2011) - 5,102households - 89.9%literacy - 673591PIN code ## Purakkadi PIN code and other codes **The PIN code of Purakkadi is 673591.** Purakkadi falls in Sulthanbathery sub-district, Wayanad district, Kerala. - PIN code673591 - Gram panchayatPoothadi, Meenangadi, Muttil - Community development blockKalpetta - Census village code627315 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Purakkadi from nearby towns? - Sulthanbathery (sub-district HQ)13 km by road - Kalpetta (district HQ)13 km by road - Kalpetta (nearest town)13 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 Purakkadi? 32 services counted by the Census are inside Purakkadi; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt - ●Primary schoolIn village · 4 govt · 1 private - ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private - ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private - ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt - ●PolytechnicIn village · 1 govt - ●Primary health 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 - ●Community centreIn village - ●Sports fieldIn village - ●Public libraryIn village - ●Polling stationIn village ### Nearest outside - ○Degree college5–10 km · Pulpally - ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Sulthanbathery - ○Allopathic hospital10+ km - ○Railway station10+ km ### Water and power - Drinking watertreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds - Electricity (2011)22 h summer · 22 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 Purakkadi known for? The main crops are **rubber, pepper and coffee**. Products made here include coffee powder, cement bricks and cane chair. About 76% of the 3,198 hectares of village land is sown, and 464 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 Purakkadi Of every 100 households in Purakkadi in 2011, 82 had electricity, 95 a toilet at home and 15 cooked with LPG; 76 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 11 a car. ■ Purakkadi · ■ Sulthanbathery rural average Electricity for lighting ****82%** **80% Toilet within the home ****95%** **91% No toilet (open defecation) ****5%** **7% Tap water ****21%** **24% Drinking water within premises ****66%** **60% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****15%** **13% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****83%** **85% Use banking services ****76%** **78% Television ****64%** **60% Mobile phone ****76%** **74% Computer with internet ****4%** **3% Two-wheeler ****16%** **14% Car / jeep / van ****11%** **8% None of these assets ****10%** **11% Own their home ****89%** **92% 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 Purakkadi? ■ Purakkadi · ■ Sulthanbathery rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****89.9%** **89.4% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1024** **1029 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1020** **972 Working population ****44.5%** **44.4% ### Women and men Literacy is 93.1% for men and 86.9% for women. 60% of men and 29% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ********** **■** Cultivators 1,350 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,598 (17%) · **■** Household industry 90 (1%) · **■** Other work 4,658 (50%) · **■** Marginal 1,662 (18%) 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 Sulthanbathery - Pulpalli28,322 people - Kuppadi26,662 people - Sulthanbathery23,333 people - Irulam21,052 people - Thomattuchal17,984 people - Ambalavayal16,988 people - Nadavayal15,795 people - Cheeral15,725 people [All 15 villages in Sulthanbathery](https://wherepedia.org/india/kerala/wayanad/sulthanbathery/villages/) ## Quick answers - What is the PIN code of Purakkadi?673591 - How far is Purakkadi from Kalpetta?13 km by road - What is the population of Purakkadi?21,022 (Census 2011) - Which district is Purakkadi in?Wayanad district (Sulthanbathery sub-district), Kerala - What is the literacy rate of Purakkadi?89.9% (Census 2011)