# Keelathur Village, Alangudi, Pudukkottai (Tamil Nadu)

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Village · Alangudi, Pudukkottai 

# Keelathur

Keelathur is a village in Alangudi sub-district of Pudukkottai district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **622304**. The 2011 Census counted **3,380 people in 810 households**, the 13th largest of 67 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 78.8%.

- 3,380people (2011)
- 810households
- 80.3%literacy
- 622304PIN code

## Keelathur PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Keelathur is 622304.** Keelathur falls in Alangudi sub-district, Pudukkottai district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code622304
- Gram panchayatKeelathur
- Community development blockThiruvarankulam
- Census village code639584

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

## How far is Keelathur from nearby towns?

- Alangudi (sub-district HQ)7 km by road
- Pudukkottai (district HQ)30 km by road
- Alangudi (nearest town)7 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 Keelathur?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 5 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Vadakadu
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Kallalangudi
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Melapattu Rasingamangalam
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

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

The main crops are **paddy, ground nut and maize**. Products made here include rice, oil and cattle feed. About 59% of the 1,409 hectares of village land is sown, and 771 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 Keelathur

Of every 100 households in Keelathur in 2011, 90 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 17 cooked with LPG; 67 had a mobile phone, 25 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Keelathur · ■ Alangudi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****90%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**81%

Tap water ****68%**

**84%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****17%**

**9%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****76%**

**90%

Use banking services ****53%**

**59%

Television ****92%**

**79%

Mobile phone ****67%**

**66%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****25%**

**30%

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

**1%

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

**6%

Own their home ****96%**

**96%

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 Keelathur?

■ Keelathur · ■ Alangudi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.3%**

**78.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****991**

**1027

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****844**

**975

Working population ****55.4%**

**49.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.6% for men and 71.2% for women. 58% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 795 (42%) · **■** Farm labourers 824 (44%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 119 (6%) · **■** Marginal 133 (7%)

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 Alangudi

- Veppankudi4,237 people
- Thirukkattalai4,137 people
- Mangadu4,073 people
- Manjanviduthy3,437 people
- Pachikkottai3,318 people
- Arayapatti3,313 people
- Kuppagudi3,264 people
- Kulamangalam North3,153 people

[All 69 villages in Alangudi](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/pudukkottai/alangudi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Keelathur?622304
- How far is Keelathur from Pudukkottai?30 km by road
- What is the population of Keelathur?3,380 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Keelathur in?Pudukkottai district (Alangudi sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Keelathur?80.3% (Census 2011)
