# Odaikkarai Village, Tiruvadanai, Ramanathapuram (Tamil Nadu)

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Village · Tiruvadanai, Ramanathapuram 

# Odaikkarai

Odaikkarai is a village in Tiruvadanai sub-district of Ramanathapuram district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **623401**. The 2011 Census counted **394 people in 149 households**, the 79th largest of 92 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.8%.

- 394people (2011)
- 149households
- 67.7%literacy
- 623401PIN code

## Odaikkarai PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Odaikkarai is 623401.** Odaikkarai falls in Tiruvadanai sub-district, Ramanathapuram district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code623401
- Gram panchayatThirutheravalai
- Community development blockR.S. Mangalam
- Census village code641820

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

## How far is Odaikkarai from nearby towns?

- Tiruvadanai (sub-district HQ)20 km by road
- Ramanathapuram (district HQ)70 km by road
- R.S. Mangalam (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 Odaikkarai?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Odaikkarai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Anandur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Devakottai
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Devakottai
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 8 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 Odaikkarai known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 37% of the 402 hectares of village land is sown, and 133 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 Odaikkarai

Of every 100 households in Odaikkarai in 2011, 84 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 19 cooked with LPG; 71 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Odaikkarai · ■ Tiruvadanai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****84%**

**89%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**79%

Tap water ****20%**

**51%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****19%**

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****67%**

**87%

Use banking services ****47%**

**48%

Television ****88%**

**89%

Mobile phone ****71%**

**76%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**19%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****6%**

**4%

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 Odaikkarai?

■ Odaikkarai · ■ Tiruvadanai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.7%**

**77.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1251**

**1000

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1071**

**964

Working population ****38.3%**

**48.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.3% for men and 59.3% for women. 57% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 1 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (3%) · **■** Other work 13 (9%) · **■** Marginal 133 (88%)

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 Tiruvadanai

- Tiruvetriyur592 people
- Parur548 people
- Velangudi462 people
- Kadambanedal429 people
- Karungalagudi369 people
- Chittamangalam358 people
- Kulamanikkam355 people
- Tuthagudi328 people

[All 94 villages in Tiruvadanai](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/ramanathapuram/tiruvadanai/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Odaikkarai?623401
- How far is Odaikkarai from Ramanathapuram?70 km by road
- What is the population of Odaikkarai?394 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Odaikkarai in?Ramanathapuram district (Tiruvadanai sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Odaikkarai?67.7% (Census 2011)