# Panikkankuppam Village, Panruti, Cuddalore (Tamil Nadu)

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Village · Panruti, Cuddalore 

# Panikkankuppam

Panikkankuppam is a village in Panruti sub-district of Cuddalore district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **607106**. The 2011 Census counted **4,205 people in 1,038 households**, the 24th largest of 80 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.2%.

- 4,205people (2011)
- 1,038households
- 76.1%literacy
- 607106PIN code

## Panikkankuppam PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Panikkankuppam is 607106.** Panikkankuppam falls in Panruti sub-district, Cuddalore district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code607106
- Gram panchayatPanikkankuppam
- Community development blockPanruti
- Census village code636568

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

## How far is Panikkankuppam from nearby towns?

- Panruti (sub-district HQ)0 km by road
- Cuddalore (district HQ)25 km by road
- Panruti (nearest town)2 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 Panikkankuppam?

16 services counted by the Census are inside Panikkankuppam; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Engineering collegeIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Panruti
- ○Degree college10+ km · Neyveli
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Panruti
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)19 h summer · 16 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 Panikkankuppam known for?

The main crops are **cashew, sugarcane and banana**. About 64% of the 566 hectares of village land is sown, and 14 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 Panikkankuppam

Of every 100 households in Panikkankuppam in 2011, 96 had electricity, 32 a toilet at home and 20 cooked with LPG; 75 had a mobile phone, 40 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Panikkankuppam · ■ Panruti rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**93%

Toilet within the home ****32%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****68%**

**81%

Tap water ****98%**

**92%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**31%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****20%**

**22%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****80%**

**77%

Use banking services ****54%**

**48%

Television ****91%**

**91%

Mobile phone ****75%**

**63%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****40%**

**26%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

None of these assets ****4%**

**4%

Own their home ****94%**

**96%

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 Panikkankuppam?

■ Panikkankuppam · ■ Panruti rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.1%**

**71.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****979**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****874**

**877

Working population ****45.5%**

**49.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.2% for men and 68.0% for women. 57% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 256 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 613 (32%) · **■** Household industry 61 (3%) · **■** Other work 401 (21%) · **■** Marginal 583 (30%)

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 Panruti

- Maligampattu4,632 people
- Kandarakkottai4,508 people
- Melmambattu4,346 people
- Pandarakkottai4,321 people
- Palur4,161 people
- Pallavarayanatham4,146 people
- Thiruthuraiyur4,092 people
- Pulavanur4,090 people

[All 94 villages in Panruti](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/cuddalore/panruti/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Panikkankuppam?607106
- How far is Panikkankuppam from Cuddalore?25 km by road
- What is the population of Panikkankuppam?4,205 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Panikkankuppam in?Cuddalore district (Panruti sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Panikkankuppam?76.1% (Census 2011)
