# Ambilikai Village, Oddanchatram, Dindigul (Tamil Nadu)

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Village · Oddanchatram, Dindigul 

# Ambilikai

Ambilikai is a village in Oddanchatram sub-district of Dindigul district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **624612**. The 2011 Census counted **3,761 people in 1,118 households**, the 16th largest of 56 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.3%.

- 3,761people (2011)
- 1,118households
- 69.3%literacy
- 624612PIN code

## Ambilikai PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Ambilikai is 624612.** Ambilikai falls in Oddanchatram sub-district, Dindigul district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code624612
- Gram panchayatAmbilikai
- Community development blockOttanchattiram
- Census village code635206

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

## How far is Ambilikai from nearby towns?

- Oddanchatram (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Dindigul (district HQ)38 km by road
- Oddanchatram (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 Ambilikai?

23 services counted by the Census are inside Ambilikai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt · 1 private
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Degree collegeIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●ATMIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Dharapuram
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, covered wells, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)20 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 Ambilikai known for?

The main crops are **onion, maize and corn**. About 62% of the 1,528 hectares of village land is sown, and 953 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 Ambilikai

Of every 100 households in Ambilikai in 2011, 86 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 52 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 40 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Ambilikai · ■ Oddanchatram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****86%**

**89%

Toilet within the home ****28%**

**23%

No toilet (open defecation) ****70%**

**72%

Tap water ****83%**

**73%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**20%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****52%**

**45%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****35%**

**49%

Use banking services ****50%**

**51%

Television ****84%**

**84%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**66%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****40%**

**36%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****6%**

**7%

Own their home ****79%**

**88%

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 Ambilikai?

■ Ambilikai · ■ Oddanchatram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.3%**

**70.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1001**

**1003

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****838**

**913

Working population ****65.0%**

**63.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.6% for men and 58.2% for women. 70% of men and 60% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 936 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 797 (33%) · **■** Household industry 7 (0%) · **■** Other work 547 (22%) · **■** Marginal 156 (6%)

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 Oddanchatram

- Vadagadu4,157 people
- Koothampoodi4,097 people
- Kariyampatti3,823 people
- Kedayurambu3,769 people
- Kothayam3,569 people
- Kondarangi Keeranur3,127 people
- Lakkayankottai3,115 people
- Periyakottai3,078 people

[All 56 villages in Oddanchatram](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/dindigul/oddanchatram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Ambilikai?624612
- How far is Ambilikai from Dindigul?38 km by road
- What is the population of Ambilikai?3,761 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ambilikai in?Dindigul district (Oddanchatram sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Ambilikai?69.3% (Census 2011)
