# Toppukollai Village, Kurinjipadi, Cuddalore (Tamil Nadu)

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Village · Kurinjipadi, Cuddalore 

# Toppukollai

Toppukollai is a village in Kurinjipadi sub-district of Cuddalore district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **607301**. The 2011 Census counted **795 people in 197 households**, the 48th largest of 53 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.6%.

- 795people (2011)
- 197households
- 65.2%literacy
- 607301PIN code

## Toppukollai PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Toppukollai is 607301.** Toppukollai falls in Kurinjipadi sub-district, Cuddalore district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code607301
- Gram panchayatKrishnankuppam
- Community development blockKurinjipadi
- Census village code636700

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

## How far is Toppukollai from nearby towns?

- Kurinjipadi (sub-district HQ)10 km by road
- Cuddalore (district HQ)24 km by road
- Kurinjipadi (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 Toppukollai?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Toppukollai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●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
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Krishnankuppam
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Kurinjipadi
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Kurinjipadi
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water
- Electricity (2011)12 h summer · 10 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 Toppukollai known for?

The main crops are **sugarcane, casuarina and tapioca**. About 71% of the 146 hectares of village land is sown, and 43 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 Toppukollai

Of every 100 households in Toppukollai in 2011, 95 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 83 had a mobile phone, 42 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Toppukollai · ■ Kurinjipadi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****95%**

**94%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**77%

Tap water ****95%**

**89%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**15%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**28%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**70%

Use banking services ****59%**

**43%

Television ****90%**

**90%

Mobile phone ****83%**

**63%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****42%**

**28%

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

**3%

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

**4%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Toppukollai?

■ Toppukollai · ■ Kurinjipadi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.2%**

**73.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****888**

**980

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****875**

**876

Working population ****44.2%**

**46.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.2% for men and 56.3% for women. 53% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 58 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 127 (36%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 159 (45%) · **■** Marginal 5 (1%)

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 Kurinjipadi

- Tambipettai927 people
- Idankondambattu851 people
- Guruvappanpettai823 people
- Adurkuppam821 people
- Tanur734 people
- Poiganatham631 people
- Karuveppambadi228 people
- Timmaravuthamkuppam218 people

[All 53 villages in Kurinjipadi](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/cuddalore/kurinjipadi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Toppukollai?607301
- How far is Toppukollai from Cuddalore?24 km by road
- What is the population of Toppukollai?795 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Toppukollai in?Cuddalore district (Kurinjipadi sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Toppukollai?65.2% (Census 2011)