# Kshetrapalapuram Village, Kuthalam, Nagapattinam (Tamil Nadu)

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Village · Kuthalam, Nagapattinam 

# Kshetrapalapuram

Kshetrapalapuram is a village in Kuthalam sub-district of Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **609806**. The 2011 Census counted **3,317 people in 846 households**, the 8th largest of 55 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 82.4%.

- 3,317people (2011)
- 846households
- 82.1%literacy
- 609806PIN code

## Kshetrapalapuram PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kshetrapalapuram is 609806.** Kshetrapalapuram falls in Kuthalam sub-district, Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code609806
- Gram panchayatShetirapalapuram
- Community development blockKuthalam
- Census village code637506

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

## How far is Kshetrapalapuram from nearby towns?

- Kuthalam (sub-district HQ)2 km by road
- Nagapattinam (district HQ)58 km by road
- Kuthalam (nearest town)2 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 Kshetrapalapuram?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn 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
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Kuthalam
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Mayiladuthurai
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Muvalur
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)20 h summer · 16 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 Kshetrapalapuram known for?

The main crops are **paddy and sugarcane**. Products made here include rice and sugar. About 70% of the 390 hectares of village land is sown, and 267 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 Kshetrapalapuram

Of every 100 households in Kshetrapalapuram in 2011, 97 had electricity, 49 a toilet at home and 50 cooked with LPG; 72 had a mobile phone, 24 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Kshetrapalapuram · ■ Kuthalam rural average

Electricity for lighting ****97%**

**93%

Toilet within the home ****49%**

**34%

No toilet (open defecation) ****48%**

**64%

Tap water ****56%**

**74%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**34%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****50%**

**31%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****49%**

**68%

Use banking services ****42%**

**47%

Television ****94%**

**91%

Mobile phone ****72%**

**61%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****24%**

**23%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****2%**

**4%

Own their home ****90%**

**93%

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 Kshetrapalapuram?

■ Kshetrapalapuram · ■ Kuthalam rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.1%**

**82.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1007**

**1037

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****956**

**993

Working population ****44.3%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.6% for men and 75.7% for women. 62% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 145 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 558 (38%) · **■** Household industry 32 (2%) · **■** Other work 581 (40%) · **■** Marginal 153 (10%)

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 Kuthalam

- Villiyanallur3,752 people
- Tiruvalangadu3,461 people
- Perumalkoil3,403 people
- Konerirajapuram II Bit3,364 people
- Vanadirajapuram3,217 people
- Ariyalur3,203 people
- Peruncheri3,175 people
- Thirumannancheri3,159 people

[All 56 villages in Kuthalam](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/nagapattinam/kuthalam/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kshetrapalapuram?609806
- How far is Kshetrapalapuram from Nagapattinam?58 km by road
- What is the population of Kshetrapalapuram?3,317 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kshetrapalapuram in?Nagapattinam district (Kuthalam sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Kshetrapalapuram?82.1% (Census 2011)
