# Panaiyur Village, Madurai South, Madurai (Tamil Nadu)

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Village · Madurai South, Madurai 

# Panaiyur

Panaiyur is a village in Madurai South sub-district of Madurai district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **625009**. The 2011 Census counted **3,216 people in 815 households**, the 7th largest of 46 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 3,216people (2011)
- 815households
- 77.5%literacy
- 625009PIN code

## Panaiyur PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Panaiyur is 625009.** Panaiyur falls in Madurai South sub-district, Madurai district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code625009
- Gram panchayatPanaiyur
- Community development blockThiruparankundram
- Census village code641033

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

## How far is Panaiyur from nearby towns?

- Madurai South (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Madurai (district HQ)8 km by road
- Madurai (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 Panaiyur?

17 services counted by the Census are inside Panaiyur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Samanatham
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Samanatham
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Manalur
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, covered wells and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)22 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 Panaiyur known for?

The main crops are **paddy, coconut and banana**. Products made here include coir. About 20% of the 292 hectares of village land is sown, and 59 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 Panaiyur

Of every 100 households in Panaiyur in 2011, 96 had electricity, 34 a toilet at home and 53 cooked with LPG; 73 had a mobile phone, 27 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Panaiyur · ■ Madurai South rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**93%

Toilet within the home ****34%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****57%**

**64%

Tap water ****89%**

**83%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**17%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****53%**

**45%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****40%**

**47%

Use banking services ****40%**

**50%

Television ****86%**

**86%

Mobile phone ****73%**

**67%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****27%**

**23%

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

**2%

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

**6%

Own their home ****67%**

**77%

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 Panaiyur?

■ Panaiyur · ■ Madurai South rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.5%**

**74.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****974**

**973

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****945**

**962

Working population ****47.8%**

**49.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.3% for men and 68.6% for women. 59% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 38 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 28 (2%) · **■** Household industry 27 (2%) · **■** Other work 1,089 (71%) · **■** Marginal 355 (23%)

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 South

- Valayankulam5,705 people
- Chinthamani5,070 people
- Thuvariman4,962 people
- Puliyankulam3,365 people
- Solankuruni3,191 people
- Thoppur3,139 people
- Vadivelkarai3,085 people
- Kodimangalam2,784 people

[All 50 villages in Madurai South](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/madurai/madurai-south/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Panaiyur?625009
- How far is Panaiyur from Madurai?8 km by road
- What is the population of Panaiyur?3,216 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Panaiyur in?Madurai district (Madurai South sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Panaiyur?77.5% (Census 2011)
