# Veerapanjan Village, Madurai North, Madurai (Tamil Nadu)

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Village · Madurai North, Madurai 

# Veerapanjan

Veerapanjan is a village in Madurai North sub-district of Madurai district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **625020**. The 2011 Census counted **614 people in 151 households**, the 80th largest of 121 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 78.7%.

- 614people (2011)
- 151households
- 78.4%literacy
- 625020PIN code

## Veerapanjan PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Veerapanjan is 625020.** Veerapanjan falls in Madurai North sub-district, Madurai district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code625020
- Gram panchayatThindiyur
- Community development blockMadurai East
- Census village code640671

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

## How far is Veerapanjan from nearby towns?

- Madurai North (sub-district HQ)5 km by road
- Madurai (district HQ)5 km by road
- Madurai (nearest town)5 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 Veerapanjan?

12 services counted by the Census are inside Veerapanjan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Engineering collegeIn village · 1 private
- ●Management instituteIn village · 1 private
- ●PolytechnicIn village · 1 private
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Thindiyur
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Thindiyur
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water and untreated tap water
- Electricity (2011)20 h summer · 22 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 Veerapanjan known for?

About 1% of the 151 hectares of village land is sown, and 2 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 Veerapanjan

Of every 100 households in Veerapanjan in 2011, 99 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 29 cooked with LPG; 82 had a mobile phone, 30 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Veerapanjan · ■ Madurai North rural average

Electricity for lighting ****99%**

**91%

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

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****72%**

**64%

Tap water ****100%**

**84%

Drinking water within premises ****30%**

**23%

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

**31%

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

**63%

Use banking services ****76%**

**46%

Television ****90%**

**87%

Mobile phone ****82%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****30%**

**24%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**3%

None of these assets ****1%**

**6%

Own their home ****84%**

**81%

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 Veerapanjan?

■ Veerapanjan · ■ Madurai North rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.4%**

**78.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****925**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****673**

**936

Working population ****45.8%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.7% for men and 69.8% for women. 59% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 6 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 21 (7%) · **■** Household industry 12 (4%) · **■** Other work 170 (60%) · **■** Marginal 72 (26%)

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 Madurai North

- Valaichikulam655 people
- Therkupethampatti638 people
- Ovalur626 people
- Moolakurichi620 people
- Ananjiyur600 people
- Ilangiyendal598 people
- Senkottai585 people
- Vittankulam551 people

[All 140 villages in Madurai North](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/madurai/madurai-north/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Veerapanjan?625020
- How far is Veerapanjan from Madurai?5 km by road
- What is the population of Veerapanjan?614 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Veerapanjan in?Madurai district (Madurai North sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Veerapanjan?78.4% (Census 2011)