# Kesingan Village, Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam (Tamil Nadu)

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Village · Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam 

# Kesingan

Kesingan is a village in Mayiladuthurai sub-district of Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **609204**. The 2011 Census counted **2,768 people in 660 households**, the 25th largest of 59 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 83.1%.

- 2,768people (2011)
- 660households
- 80.4%literacy
- 609204PIN code

## Kesingan PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kesingan is 609204.** Kesingan falls in Mayiladuthurai sub-district, Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code609204
- Gram panchayatKesingan
- Community development blockMayiladuthurai
- Census village code637452

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

## How far is Kesingan from nearby towns?

- Mayiladuthurai (sub-district HQ)22 km by road
- Nagapattinam (district HQ)80 km by road
- Manalmedu (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 Kesingan?

15 services counted by the Census are inside Kesingan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public 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 · Manalmedu
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Aruvappadi
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Vaitheeswaran Koil
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)16 h summer · 10 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 Kesingan known for?

The main crops are **paddy and sugarcane**. About 75% of the 504 hectares of village land is sown, and 375 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 Kesingan

Of every 100 households in Kesingan in 2011, 94 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kesingan · ■ Mayiladuthurai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****94%**

**95%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**34%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**65%

Tap water ****80%**

**68%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**33%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**33%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**66%

Use banking services ****25%**

**45%

Television ****89%**

**92%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**22%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

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

**4%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Kesingan?

■ Kesingan · ■ Mayiladuthurai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.4%**

**83.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1031**

**1016

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1085**

**970

Working population ****49.6%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.4% for men and 75.5% for women. 59% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 71 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 670 (49%) · **■** Household industry 36 (3%) · **■** Other work 142 (10%) · **■** Marginal 455 (33%)

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 Mayiladuthurai

- Kali -I3,141 people
- Talainayar2,967 people
- Uluthakuppai2,919 people
- Tiruchitrambalam2,880 people
- Attur2,648 people
- Mudikandanallur2,571 people
- Dharmadanapuram2,507 people
- Korukkai2,442 people

[All 59 villages in Mayiladuthurai](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/nagapattinam/mayiladuthurai/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kesingan?609204
- How far is Kesingan from Nagapattinam?80 km by road
- What is the population of Kesingan?2,768 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kesingan in?Nagapattinam district (Mayiladuthurai sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Kesingan?80.4% (Census 2011)