# Kildangal Village, Tharangambadi, Nagapattinam (Tamil Nadu)

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Village · Tharangambadi, Nagapattinam 

# Kildangal

Kildangal is a village in Tharangambadi sub-district of Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **609301**. The 2011 Census counted **1,672 people in 422 households**, the 46th largest of 66 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 83.0%.

- 1,672people (2011)
- 422households
- 69.4%literacy
- 609301PIN code

## Kildangal PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kildangal is 609301.** Kildangal falls in Tharangambadi sub-district, Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code609301
- Gram panchayatKildangal
- Community development blockSembanarkoil
- Census village code637574

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

## How far is Kildangal from nearby towns?

- Tharangambadi (sub-district HQ)15 km by road
- Nagapattinam (district HQ)45 km by road
- Tharangambadi (nearest town)15 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 Kildangal?

13 services counted by the Census are inside Kildangal; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Udayayarkoil Pathy
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Kalahasthinathapuram
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Udayayarkoil Pathy
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)20 h summer · 15 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 Kildangal known for?

The main crops are **paddy, sugarcane and ground nut**. Products made here include clay pots. About 67% of the 326 hectares of village land is sown, and 214 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 Kildangal

Of every 100 households in Kildangal in 2011, 99 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kildangal · ■ Tharangambadi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****99%**

**94%

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

**36%

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

**63%

Tap water ****76%**

**67%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**30%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**32%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**66%

Use banking services ****25%**

**48%

Television ****95%**

**90%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**62%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**20%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****3%**

**5%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Kildangal?

■ Kildangal · ■ Tharangambadi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.4%**

**83.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1080**

**1033

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****854**

**963

Working population ****51.2%**

**42.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.4% for men and 63.1% for women. 62% of men and 41% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 39 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 207 (24%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 81 (9%) · **■** Marginal 527 (62%)

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 Tharangambadi

- T.Manalmedu1,817 people
- Kadakkam1,785 people
- Gudalur1,720 people
- Mathur1,691 people
- Karuvazhakarai1,655 people
- Arasur1,638 people
- Muthur1,543 people
- Visalur1,488 people

[All 67 villages in Tharangambadi](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/nagapattinam/tharangambadi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kildangal?609301
- How far is Kildangal from Nagapattinam?45 km by road
- What is the population of Kildangal?1,672 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kildangal in?Nagapattinam district (Tharangambadi sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Kildangal?69.4% (Census 2011)
