# Thenkumarai Village, Attur, Salem (Tamil Nadu) – PIN Code

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Village · Attur, Salem 

# Thenkumarai

Thenkumarai is a village in Attur sub-district of Salem district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **636121**. The 2011 Census counted **1,784 people in 496 households**, the 65th largest of 95 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 69.1%.

- 1,784people (2011)
- 496households
- 70.6%literacy
- 636121PIN code

## Thenkumarai PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Thenkumarai is 636121.** Thenkumarai falls in Attur sub-district, Salem district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code636121
- Gram panchayatThenkumarai
- Community development blockThalaivasal
- Census village code634305

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

## How far is Thenkumarai from nearby towns?

- Attur (sub-district HQ)20 km by road
- Salem (district HQ)70 km by road
- Attur (nearest town)12 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 Thenkumarai?

17 services counted by the Census are inside Thenkumarai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●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
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Sathapadi
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Deviakkurichi
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Alagapuram
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)22 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 Thenkumarai known for?

The main crops are **corn, turmeric and tapioca**. About 59% of the 715 hectares of village land is sown, and 264 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 Thenkumarai

Of every 100 households in Thenkumarai in 2011, 90 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 14 cooked with LPG; 72 had a mobile phone, 40 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Thenkumarai · ■ Attur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****90%**

**88%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**79%

Tap water ****60%**

**63%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****14%**

**28%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****83%**

**68%

Use banking services ****64%**

**42%

Television ****82%**

**76%

Mobile phone ****72%**

**62%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****40%**

**32%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****7%**

**10%

Own their home ****97%**

**92%

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 Thenkumarai?

■ Thenkumarai · ■ Attur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.6%**

**69.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****952**

**976

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****860**

**884

Working population ****63.1%**

**58.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.9% for men and 60.9% for women. 65% of men and 61% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 669 (59%) · **■** Farm labourers 302 (27%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 79 (7%) · **■** Marginal 74 (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 Attur

- Veppanatham1,956 people
- Kariakoilvalavu1,939 people
- Neyyamalai1,859 people
- Kunnur1,839 people
- Kalarampatty1,734 people
- Belurkaradipatti1,617 people
- Virakavundanur1,602 people
- Kumarapalayam1,576 people

[All 101 villages in Attur](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/salem/attur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Thenkumarai?636121
- How far is Thenkumarai from Salem?70 km by road
- What is the population of Thenkumarai?1,784 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Thenkumarai in?Salem district (Attur sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Thenkumarai?70.6% (Census 2011)