# Thungapuram Village, Kunnam, Perambalur (Tamil Nadu) > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/perambalur/kunnam/thungapuram-636241/ Village · Kunnam, Perambalur # Thungapuram Thungapuram is a village in Kunnam sub-district of Perambalur district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **621716**. The 2011 Census counted **4,536 people in 1,151 households**, the 9th largest of 86 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 69.6%. - 4,536people (2011) - 1,151households - 68.5%literacy - 621716PIN code ## Thungapuram PIN code and other codes **The PIN code of Thungapuram is 621716.** Thungapuram falls in Kunnam sub-district, Perambalur district, Tamil Nadu. - PIN code621716 - Gram panchayatThungapuram - Community development blockVeppur - Census village code636241 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Thungapuram from nearby towns? - Kunnam (sub-district HQ)20 km by road - Perambalur (district HQ)40 km by road - Ariyalur (nearest town)20 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 Thungapuram? 21 services counted by the Census are inside Thungapuram; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt - ●Primary 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 - ●Mobile phone coverageIn village - ●Public bus serviceIn village - ●Private bus serviceIn village - ●State highwayIn village - ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village - ●All-weather roadIn village - ●Agricultural credit societyIn village - ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village - ●Anganwadi centreIn village - ●ASHA health workerIn village - ●Public libraryIn village - ●Polling stationIn village ### Nearest outside - ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Thungapuram - ○Degree college10+ km · Ariyalur - ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Perambalur - ○Allopathic hospital10+ km - ○Post officeunder 5 km - ○Railway station10+ km - ○ATM10+ km - ○Commercial bankunder 5 km - ○Mandi / regular market10+ km ### Water and power - Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, covered wells and tube wells / boreholes - Electricity (2011)12 h summer · 14 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 Thungapuram known for? The main crops are **cotton, sugarcane and paddy**. About 61% of the 1,099 hectares of village land is sown, and 166 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 Thungapuram Of every 100 households in Thungapuram in 2011, 89 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 19 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 0 a car. ■ Thungapuram · ■ Kunnam rural average Electricity for lighting ****89%** **90% Toilet within the home ****4%** **12% No toilet (open defecation) ****77%** **84% Tap water ****98%** **82% Drinking water within premises ****3%** **11% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****19%** **23% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****80%** **75% Use banking services ****68%** **59% Television ****85%** **86% Mobile phone ****52%** **63% Computer with internet ****1%** **1% Two-wheeler ****12%** **18% Car / jeep / van ****0%** **1% None of these assets ****8%** **6% Own their home ****97%** **94% 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 Thungapuram? ■ Thungapuram · ■ Kunnam rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****68.5%** **69.6% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****943** **1004 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****967** **903 Working population ****64.7%** **57.1% ### Women and men Literacy is 80.1% for men and 56.2% for women. 65% of men and 64% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ********** **■** Cultivators 796 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 256 (9%) · **■** Household industry 15 (1%) · **■** Other work 116 (4%) · **■** Marginal 1,752 (60%) 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 Kunnam - Keelaperambalur5,413 people - Keelapuliyur5,091 people - Nochikulam5,037 people - Vayalapadi5,021 people - Agaram Sigoor4,498 people - Irur4,442 people - T.Kalathur4,436 people - Olaippady4,350 people [All 89 villages in Kunnam](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/perambalur/kunnam/villages/) ## Quick answers - What is the PIN code of Thungapuram?621716 - How far is Thungapuram from Perambalur?40 km by road - What is the population of Thungapuram?4,536 (Census 2011) - Which district is Thungapuram in?Perambalur district (Kunnam sub-district), Tamil Nadu - What is the literacy rate of Thungapuram?68.5% (Census 2011)