# Attoor Village, Kalkulam, Kanniyakumari (Tamil Nadu) > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/kanniyakumari/kalkulam/attoor/ Village · Kalkulam, Kanniyakumari # Attoor Attoor is a village in Kalkulam sub-district of Kanniyakumari district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **629177**. The 2011 Census counted **11,699 people in 2,941 households**, the 2nd largest of 17 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 92.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 90.7%. - 11,699people (2011) - 2,941households - 92.0%literacy - 629177PIN code ## Attoor PIN code and other codes **The PIN code of Attoor is 629177.** Attoor falls in Kalkulam sub-district, Kanniyakumari district, Tamil Nadu. - PIN code629177 - Gram panchayatCherukole, Yettacode - Community development blockThiruvattaru - Census village code643127 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Attoor from nearby towns? - Pathmanabapuram (sub-district HQ)9 km by road - Nagercoil (district HQ)30 km by road - Athur (nearest town)3 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 Attoor? 28 services counted by the Census are inside Attoor; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 9 govt · 1 private - ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt - ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt · 1 private - ●Secondary schoolIn village · 2 govt · 1 private - ●Engineering collegeIn village · 1 private - ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Health sub-centreIn village · 5 - ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Post officeIn village - ●Sub post officeIn village - ●Mobile phone coverageIn village - ●Internet / Common Service CentreIn village - ●Public bus serviceIn village - ●Private bus serviceIn village - ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village - ●All-weather roadIn village - ●Cooperative bankIn village - ●Agricultural credit societyIn village - ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village - ●Mandi / regular marketIn village - ●Anganwadi centreIn village - ●ASHA health workerIn village - ●Sports fieldIn village - ●Public libraryIn village - ●Polling stationIn village ### Nearest outside - ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Attor - ○Degree college5–10 km · Vilavancode - ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Kumarapuram - ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km - ○Railway station5–10 km - ○ATM5–10 km - ○Commercial bank5–10 km ### Water and power - Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes - Electricity (2011)10 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 Attoor known for? The main crops are **rubber, banana and coconut**. Products made here include rubber sheet. About 77% of the 1,077 hectares of village land is sown, and 155 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 Attoor Of every 100 households in Attoor in 2011, 95 had electricity, 87 a toilet at home and 37 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 2 a car. ■ Attoor · ■ Kalkulam rural average Electricity for lighting ****95%** **94% Toilet within the home ****87%** **86% No toilet (open defecation) ****7%** **8% Tap water ****59%** **70% Drinking water within premises ****26%** **29% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****37%** **35% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****62%** **64% Use banking services ****53%** **68% Television ****92%** **86% Mobile phone ****60%** **66% Computer with internet ****2%** **2% Two-wheeler ****14%** **16% Car / jeep / van ****2%** **3% None of these assets ****2%** **4% Own their home ****96%** **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 Attoor? ■ Attoor · ■ Kalkulam rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****92.0%** **90.7% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****982** **994 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1044** **982 Working population ****36.8%** **38.5% ### Women and men Literacy is 93.5% for men and 90.4% for women. 54% of men and 19% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ********** **■** Cultivators 120 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 177 (4%) · **■** Household industry 211 (5%) · **■** Other work 2,781 (65%) · **■** Marginal 1,015 (24%) 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 Kalkulam - Kadiapattinam26,589 people - Colachel9,836 people - Thackalai9,551 people - Kurunthencode9,050 people - Thalakkulam8,986 people [All 17 villages in Kalkulam](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/kanniyakumari/kalkulam/villages/) ## Quick answers - What is the PIN code of Attoor?629177 - How far is Attoor from Nagercoil?30 km by road - What is the population of Attoor?11,699 (Census 2011) - Which district is Attoor in?Kanniyakumari district (Kalkulam sub-district), Tamil Nadu - What is the literacy rate of Attoor?92.0% (Census 2011)