# Pungambadi Village, Aravakurichi, Karur (Tamil Nadu)

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Village · Aravakurichi, Karur 

# Pungambadi

Pungambadi is a village in Aravakurichi sub-district of Karur district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **639201**. The 2011 Census counted **2,167 people in 655 households**, the 29th largest of 56 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.9%.

- 2,167people (2011)
- 655households
- 65.7%literacy
- 639201PIN code

## Pungambadi PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Pungambadi is 639201.** Pungambadi falls in Aravakurichi sub-district, Karur district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code639201
- Gram panchayatPungambadi
- Community development blockAravakurichi
- Census village code635531

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

## How far is Pungambadi from nearby towns?

- Aravakurichi (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Karur (district HQ)30 km by road
- Aravakurichi (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 Pungambadi?

14 services counted by the Census are inside Pungambadi; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 4 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Aravakurichi
- ○Degree college10+ km · Karur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Karur
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)20 h summer · 14 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 Pungambadi known for?

The main crops are **drum stick, corn and bajra**. About 19% of the 1,735 hectares of village land is sown, and 118 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 Pungambadi

Of every 100 households in Pungambadi in 2011, 95 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 29 cooked with LPG; 74 had a mobile phone, 60 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Pungambadi · ■ Aravakurichi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****95%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**66%

Tap water ****83%**

**79%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**15%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****29%**

**50%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****66%**

**46%

Use banking services ****47%**

**45%

Television ****86%**

**88%

Mobile phone ****74%**

**67%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****60%**

**49%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**4%

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

**5%

Own their home ****88%**

**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 Pungambadi?

■ Pungambadi · ■ Aravakurichi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.7%**

**69.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****994**

**1018

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1136**

**929

Working population ****66.6%**

**59.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.8% for men and 52.3% for women. 72% of men and 61% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 401 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 649 (45%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 338 (23%) · **■** Marginal 47 (3%)

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 Aravakurichi

- Karudayampalayam2,347 people
- Thumbivadi2,320 people
- Pallapatti2,308 people
- Periyamanjuvali2,172 people
- Gudalur2,082 people
- Athipalayam2,062 people
- Thethupatti1,976 people
- Pungambadi1,961 people

[All 56 villages in Aravakurichi](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/karur/aravakurichi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Pungambadi?639201
- How far is Pungambadi from Karur?30 km by road
- What is the population of Pungambadi?2,167 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pungambadi in?Karur district (Aravakurichi sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Pungambadi?65.7% (Census 2011)