# Kurambarai Village, Cheyyur, Kancheepuram (Tamil Nadu)

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Village · Cheyyur, Kancheepuram 

# Kurambarai

Kurambarai is a village in Cheyyur sub-district of Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **603309**. The 2011 Census counted **528 people in 121 households**, the 93rd largest of 117 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 528people (2011)
- 121households
- 54.4%literacy
- 603309PIN code

## Kurambarai PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kurambarai is 603309.** Kurambarai falls in Cheyyur sub-district, Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code603309
- Gram panchayatPolambakkam
- Community development blockChithamur
- Census village code630221

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

## How far is Kurambarai from nearby towns?

- Cheyyur (sub-district HQ)20 km by road
- Kancheepuram (district HQ)55 km by road
- Maduranthakam (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 Kurambarai?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Kurambarai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Polambakkam
- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Polambakkam
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Peruveli
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Maduranthakam
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water
- Electricity (2011)20 h summer · 12 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 Kurambarai known for?

The main crops are **paddy and ground nut**. About 42% of the 204 hectares of village land is sown, and 13 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 Kurambarai

Of every 100 households in Kurambarai in 2011, 99 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 32 cooked with LPG; 66 had a mobile phone, 34 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kurambarai · ■ Cheyyur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****99%**

**94%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**78%

Tap water ****93%**

**85%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****32%**

**23%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****68%**

**74%

Use banking services ****8%**

**37%

Television ****92%**

**89%

Mobile phone ****66%**

**61%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****34%**

**25%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****5%**

**5%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Kurambarai?

■ Kurambarai · ■ Cheyyur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.4%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****978**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1160**

**935

Working population ****50.6%**

**50.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 57.9% for men and 50.9% for women. 61% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 66 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 150 (56%) · **■** Household industry 9 (3%) · **■** Other work 42 (16%)

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 Cheyyur

- Thandarai551 people
- Nelvoy542 people
- Nemanadam538 people
- Kesavarayanpettai534 people
- Punnamai528 people
- Poiganallur500 people
- Andarkuppam470 people
- Nelvoypalayam454 people

[All 117 villages in Cheyyur](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/kancheepuram/cheyyur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kurambarai?603309
- How far is Kurambarai from Kancheepuram?55 km by road
- What is the population of Kurambarai?528 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kurambarai in?Kancheepuram district (Cheyyur sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Kurambarai?54.4% (Census 2011)