# Kanagagiri Village, Sankari, Salem (Tamil Nadu) – PIN Code

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Village · Sankari, Salem 

# Kanagagiri

Kanagagiri is a village in Sankari sub-district of Salem district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **637504**. The 2011 Census counted **3,319 people in 881 households**, the 18th largest of 40 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.8%.

- 3,319people (2011)
- 881households
- 70.3%literacy
- 637504PIN code

## Kanagagiri PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kanagagiri is 637504.** Kanagagiri falls in Sankari sub-district, Salem district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code637504
- Gram panchayatKanagagiri
- Community development blockMac.Donal Choultry
- Census village code633919

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

## How far is Kanagagiri from nearby towns?

- Sankari (sub-district HQ)20 km by road
- Salem (district HQ)17 km by road
- Edaganasalai (nearest town)5 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 Kanagagiri?

18 services counted by the Census are inside Kanagagiri; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Engineering collegeIn village · 1 private
- ●PolytechnicIn village · 1 private
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Eranapuram
- ○Degree college10+ km · Sankari
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Sankari
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station5–10 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, 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 Kanagagiri known for?

The main crops are **coconut, sugarcane and cotton**. Products made here include rope, yarn and footwears. About 60% of the 317 hectares of village land is sown, and 48 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 Kanagagiri

Of every 100 households in Kanagagiri in 2011, 92 had electricity, 31 a toilet at home and 49 cooked with LPG; 74 had a mobile phone, 42 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Kanagagiri · ■ Sankari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****92%**

**87%

Toilet within the home ****31%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****52%**

**79%

Tap water ****84%**

**68%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****49%**

**40%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****46%**

**56%

Use banking services ****41%**

**38%

Television ****85%**

**78%

Mobile phone ****74%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****42%**

**45%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****5%**

**8%

Own their home ****77%**

**90%

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 Kanagagiri?

■ Kanagagiri · ■ Sankari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.3%**

**64.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****909**

**936

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****828**

**893

Working population ****50.1%**

**57.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.8% for men and 61.1% for women. 63% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 83 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 281 (17%) · **■** Household industry 400 (24%) · **■** Other work 807 (49%) · **■** Marginal 92 (6%)

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 Sankari

- Agraharam Talaiyur3,950 people
- Pullakkavundampatti Agraharam3,633 people
- Kandarakulamanickam3,605 people
- Aiveli3,363 people
- Manjakalpatti3,161 people
- Kaveripatti Agraharam3,095 people
- Vadugapatti2,701 people
- Pullakkavundampatti2,662 people

[All 41 villages in Sankari](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/salem/sankari/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kanagagiri?637504
- How far is Kanagagiri from Salem?17 km by road
- What is the population of Kanagagiri?3,319 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanagagiri in?Salem district (Sankari sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Kanagagiri?70.3% (Census 2011)
