# Kodiakarai Village, Vedaranyam, Nagapattinam (Tamil Nadu)

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Village · Vedaranyam, Nagapattinam 

# Kodiakarai

Kodiakarai is a village in Vedaranyam sub-district of Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **614807**. The 2011 Census counted **2,128 people in 513 households**, the 34th largest of 48 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 82.4%.

- 2,128people (2011)
- 513households
- 88.7%literacy
- 614807PIN code

## Kodiakarai PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kodiakarai is 614807.** Kodiakarai falls in Vedaranyam sub-district, Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code614807
- Gram panchayatKodiakarai
- Community development blockVedaranyam
- Census village code637844

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

## How far is Kodiakarai from nearby towns?

- Vedaranyam (sub-district HQ)11 km by road
- Nagapattinam (district HQ)57 km by road
- Vedaranyam (nearest town)11 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 Kodiakarai?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●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
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●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
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Vedaranyam
- ○Degree college10+ km · Vedaranyam
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Vedaranyam
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water
- 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 Kodiakarai known for?

Products made here include salt. About 1% of the 695 hectares of village land is sown.

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

## Homes and amenities in Kodiakarai

Of every 100 households in Kodiakarai in 2011, 96 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 21 cooked with LPG; 66 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kodiakarai · ■ Vedaranyam rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**87%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**23%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**75%

Tap water ****100%**

**50%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****21%**

**15%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****79%**

**84%

Use banking services ****69%**

**58%

Television ****94%**

**87%

Mobile phone ****66%**

**59%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**17%

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

**2%

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

**5%

Own their home ****97%**

**98%

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 Kodiakarai?

■ Kodiakarai · ■ Vedaranyam rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.7%**

**82.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****847**

**1003

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****840**

**929

Working population ****37.9%**

**44.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.5% for men and 83.0% for women. 58% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 4 (0%) · **■** Farm labourers 22 (3%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 450 (56%) · **■** Marginal 328 (41%)

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 Vedaranyam

- Pannal2,523 people
- Neivilakku2,313 people
- Umbalacheri2,253 people
- Thagattur Pethachikadu2,164 people
- Panchanathikulam East2,113 people
- Ayakkarambulam IV Sethi2,016 people
- Vaimedu west2,006 people
- Talanayar1,876 people

[All 51 villages in Vedaranyam](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/nagapattinam/vedaranyam/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kodiakarai?614807
- How far is Kodiakarai from Nagapattinam?57 km by road
- What is the population of Kodiakarai?2,128 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kodiakarai in?Nagapattinam district (Vedaranyam sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Kodiakarai?88.7% (Census 2011)
