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

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Village · Sankari, Salem 

# Katteri

Katteri is a village in Sankari sub-district of Salem district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **638183**. The 2011 Census counted **9,379 people in 2,621 households**, the 2nd largest of 40 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.8%.

- 9,379people (2011)
- 2,621households
- 67.6%literacy
- 638183PIN code

## Katteri PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Katteri is 638183.** Katteri falls in Sankari sub-district, Salem district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code638183
- Gram panchayatKatheri
- Community development blockSankari
- Census village code633946

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

## How far is Katteri from nearby towns?

- Sankari (sub-district HQ)18 km by road
- Salem (district HQ)53 km by road
- Kumarapalayam (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 Katteri?

20 services counted by the Census are inside Katteri; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 8 govt · 2 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 6 govt · 1 private
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Kumarapalayam
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Kumarapalayam
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Sankari
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 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 Katteri known for?

The main crops are **bengal gram, paddy and sugarcane**. Products made here include power loom. About 42% of the 2,177 hectares of village land is sown, and 223 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 Katteri

Of every 100 households in Katteri in 2011, 89 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 56 cooked with LPG; 73 had a mobile phone, 46 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Katteri · ■ Sankari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****89%**

**87%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****62%**

**79%

Tap water ****65%**

**68%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****56%**

**40%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****36%**

**56%

Use banking services ****33%**

**38%

Television ****84%**

**78%

Mobile phone ****73%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****46%**

**45%

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

**2%

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

**8%

Own their home ****78%**

**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 Katteri?

■ Katteri · ■ Sankari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.6%**

**64.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****959**

**936

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****983**

**893

Working population ****58.3%**

**57.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.8% for men and 59.1% for women. 68% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 764 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 715 (13%) · **■** Household industry 376 (7%) · **■** Other work 3,323 (61%) · **■** Marginal 293 (5%)

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

- Morur9,568 people
- Devanakavandanur8,925 people
- Vaikuntam7,654 people
- Chinnakavundanur6,819 people
- Pudur6,540 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Katteri?638183
- How far is Katteri from Salem?53 km by road
- What is the population of Katteri?9,379 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Katteri in?Salem district (Sankari sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Katteri?67.6% (Census 2011)
