# Pettai Village, Thirunallar Taluk, Karaikal (Puducherry)

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Village · Thirunallar Taluk, Karaikal 

# Pettai

Pettai is a village in Thirunallar Taluk sub-district of Karaikal district, Puducherry, PIN code **609607**. The 2011 Census counted **3,192 people in 822 households**, the 8th largest of 16 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 84.4%.

- 3,192people (2011)
- 822households
- 83.9%literacy
- 609607PIN code

## Pettai PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Pettai is 609607.** Pettai falls in Thirunallar Taluk sub-district, Karaikal district, Puducherry.

- PIN code609607
- Gram panchayatPettai
- Community development blockKaraikal Cd Block
- Census village code645011

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

## How far is Pettai from nearby towns?

- Karaikal (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Karaikal (district HQ)8 km by road
- Karaikal (nearest town)8 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 Pettai?

17 services counted by the Census are inside Pettai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Thirunallar
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Karaikal
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Thirumalairayanpattinam
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water
- 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 Pettai known for?

The main crops are **paddy and black gram**. About 54% of the 487 hectares of village land is sown, and 208 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 Pettai

Of every 100 households in Pettai in 2011, 93 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 33 cooked with LPG; 64 had a mobile phone, 30 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Pettai · ■ Thirunallar Taluk rural average

Electricity for lighting ****93%**

**94%

Toilet within the home ****21%**

**44%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**54%

Tap water ****93%**

**94%

Drinking water within premises ****46%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****33%**

**47%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****62%**

**46%

Use banking services ****69%**

**71%

Television ****72%**

**72%

Mobile phone ****64%**

**67%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****30%**

**32%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**3%

None of these assets ****11%**

**10%

Own their home ****92%**

**82%

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 Pettai?

■ Pettai · ■ Thirunallar Taluk rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.9%**

**84.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1038**

**1039

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1006**

**933

Working population ****36.2%**

**34.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.6% for men and 77.4% for women. 57% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 75 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 313 (27%) · **■** Household industry 22 (2%) · **■** Other work 485 (42%) · **■** Marginal 260 (23%)

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 Thirunallar Taluk

- Nedungadu4,886 people
- Sorakudy4,666 people
- Sethur3,890 people
- Nallazhundur3,575 people
- Ponbethy2,604 people
- Sellur2,482 people
- Thennankudy2,321 people
- Thevamapuram2,305 people

[All 16 villages in Thirunallar Taluk](https://wherepedia.org/india/puducherry/karaikal/thirunallar-taluk/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Pettai?609607
- How far is Pettai from Karaikal?8 km by road
- What is the population of Pettai?3,192 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pettai in?Karaikal district (Thirunallar Taluk sub-district), Puducherry
- What is the literacy rate of Pettai?83.9% (Census 2011)