# Karikkapatti Village, Mettur, Salem (Tamil Nadu) – PIN Code

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Village · Mettur, Salem 

# Karikkapatti

Karikkapatti is a village in Mettur sub-district of Salem district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **636501**. The 2011 Census counted **3,125 people in 799 households**, the 28th largest of 39 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.8%.

- 3,125people (2011)
- 799households
- 52.9%literacy
- 636501PIN code

## Karikkapatti PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Karikkapatti is 636501.** Karikkapatti falls in Mettur sub-district, Salem district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code636501
- Gram panchayatKarikkapatti
- Community development blockNangavalli
- Census village code633792

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

## How far is Karikkapatti from nearby towns?

- Mettur (sub-district HQ)23 km by road
- Salem (district HQ)35 km by road
- Jalakandapuram (nearest town)3 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 Karikkapatti?

14 services counted by the Census are inside Karikkapatti; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn 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 · Jalakandapuram
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Doramangalam
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Mecheri
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, covered wells, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)21 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 Karikkapatti known for?

The main crops are **broad beans, green gram and cotton**. Products made here include rope. About 84% of the 291 hectares of village land is sown, and 45 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 Karikkapatti

Of every 100 households in Karikkapatti in 2011, 78 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 32 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Karikkapatti · ■ Mettur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****78%**

**87%

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

**12%

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

**87%

Tap water ****94%**

**73%

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

**10%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**23%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**72%

Use banking services ****8%**

**25%

Television ****71%**

**64%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**58%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****32%**

**32%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

None of these assets ****14%**

**16%

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 Karikkapatti?

■ Karikkapatti · ■ Mettur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.9%**

**63.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****869**

**890

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****970**

**884

Working population ****56.7%**

**54.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.3% for men and 40.7% for women. 63% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 465 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 273 (15%) · **■** Household industry 417 (24%) · **■** Other work 346 (20%) · **■** Marginal 272 (15%)

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 Mettur

- Banapuram3,856 people
- Singiripatti3,834 people
- Moolakkadu3,716 people
- Veerakkal3,418 people
- Palamalai2,895 people
- Chinnasoragai2,679 people
- Amaram2,164 people
- Sampalli2,134 people

[All 44 villages in Mettur](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/salem/mettur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Karikkapatti?636501
- How far is Karikkapatti from Salem?35 km by road
- What is the population of Karikkapatti?3,125 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karikkapatti in?Salem district (Mettur sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Karikkapatti?52.9% (Census 2011)