# Thummakundu Village, Usilampatti, Madurai (Tamil Nadu)

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Village · Usilampatti, Madurai 

# Thummakundu

Thummakundu is a village in Usilampatti sub-district of Madurai district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **625529**. The 2011 Census counted **3,142 people in 915 households**, the 18th largest of 54 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 3,142people (2011)
- 915households
- 73.6%literacy
- 625529PIN code

## Thummakundu PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Thummakundu is 625529.** Thummakundu falls in Usilampatti sub-district, Madurai district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code625529
- Gram panchayatThummakundu
- Community development blockChellampatti
- Census village code640832

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

## How far is Thummakundu from nearby towns?

- Usilampatti (sub-district HQ)14 km by road
- Madurai (district HQ)30 km by road
- Usilampatti (nearest town)14 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 Thummakundu?

23 services counted by the Census are inside Thummakundu; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 6 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 5 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●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
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn 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
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college10+ km · Usilampatti
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Kokkulam
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water 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 Thummakundu known for?

The main crops are **paddy, maize and bajra**. Products made here include milk and wooden furniture. About 33% of the 1,001 hectares of village land is sown, and 37 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 Thummakundu

Of every 100 households in Thummakundu in 2011, 94 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 40 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Thummakundu · ■ Usilampatti rural average

Electricity for lighting ****94%**

**92%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**82%

Tap water ****84%**

**87%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****40%**

**21%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****46%**

**73%

Use banking services ****35%**

**46%

Television ****82%**

**86%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**51%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**13%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****9%**

**7%

Own their home ****90%**

**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 Thummakundu?

■ Thummakundu · ■ Usilampatti rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.6%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****964**

**951

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1128**

**880

Working population ****51.1%**

**58.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.5% for men and 61.2% for women. 56% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 201 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 552 (34%) · **■** Household industry 17 (1%) · **■** Other work 418 (26%) · **■** Marginal 419 (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 Usilampatti

- Veppanuthu3,927 people
- Nadupatti3,506 people
- Thidian3,391 people
- Vagurani3,271 people
- Manuthu3,016 people
- Ayyanarkulam2,732 people
- Panniyan2,627 people
- Jothilnaickanur2,562 people

[All 57 villages in Usilampatti](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/madurai/usilampatti/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Thummakundu?625529
- How far is Thummakundu from Madurai?30 km by road
- What is the population of Thummakundu?3,142 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Thummakundu in?Madurai district (Usilampatti sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Thummakundu?73.6% (Census 2011)
