# Keelkudi Village, Aranthangi, Pudukkottai (Tamil Nadu)

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Village · Aranthangi, Pudukkottai 

# Keelkudi

Keelkudi is a village in Aranthangi sub-district of Pudukkottai district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **614616**. The 2011 Census counted **508 people in 122 households**, the 66th largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 78.6%.

- 508people (2011)
- 122households
- 79.3%literacy
- 614616PIN code

## Keelkudi PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Keelkudi is 614616.** Keelkudi falls in Aranthangi sub-district, Pudukkottai district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code614616
- Gram panchayatKeelakudiammanjakki
- Community development blockAranthangi
- Census village code639778

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

## How far is Keelkudi from nearby towns?

- Aranthangi (sub-district HQ)17 km by road
- Pudukkottai (district HQ)50 km by road
- Aranthangi (nearest town)17 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 Keelkudi?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Keelkudi; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Maivayal
- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Nakkudi
- ○Degree college10+ km · Rajendrapuram
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Silattur
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)20 h summer · 18 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 Keelkudi known for?

The main crops are **paddy and ground nut**. About 62% of the 119 hectares of village land is sown, and 72 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 Keelkudi

Of every 100 households in Keelkudi in 2011, 89 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 69 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Keelkudi · ■ Aranthangi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****89%**

**89%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**76%

Tap water ****99%**

**81%

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

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**88%

Use banking services ****9%**

**40%

Television ****93%**

**80%

Mobile phone ****69%**

**61%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**22%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****2%**

**7%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Keelkudi?

■ Keelkudi · ■ Aranthangi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.3%**

**78.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****992**

**1062

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****750**

**948

Working population ****40.7%**

**48.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.8% for men and 68.9% for women. 56% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 33 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 99 (48%) · **■** Household industry 11 (5%) · **■** Other work 22 (11%) · **■** Marginal 42 (20%)

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 Aranthangi

- Kulattur547 people
- Panjatti544 people
- Nemmilikkadu521 people
- Ulagalandanvayal517 people
- Tuttakudi486 people
- Kammangadu467 people
- Tiruvayppadi463 people
- Kongudi462 people

[All 101 villages in Aranthangi](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/pudukkottai/aranthangi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Keelkudi?614616
- How far is Keelkudi from Pudukkottai?50 km by road
- What is the population of Keelkudi?508 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Keelkudi in?Pudukkottai district (Aranthangi sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Keelkudi?79.3% (Census 2011)
