# Kannankottai Village, Devakottai, Sivaganga (Tamil Nadu)

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Village · Devakottai, Sivaganga 

# Kannankottai

Kannankottai is a village in Devakottai sub-district of Sivaganga district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **630303**. The 2011 Census counted **1,975 people in 491 households**, the 18th largest of 90 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.7%.

- 1,975people (2011)
- 491households
- 71.3%literacy
- 630303PIN code

## Kannankottai PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kannankottai is 630303.** Kannankottai falls in Devakottai sub-district, Sivaganga district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code630303
- Gram panchayatKannankottai , Theneervayal
- Community development blockDevakottai
- Census village code640147

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

## How far is Kannankottai from nearby towns?

- Devakottai (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Sivaganga (district HQ)60 km by road
- Devakottai (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 Kannankottai?

15 services counted by the Census are inside Kannankottai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●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
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Devakottai
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Devakottai
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Sathikkottai
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 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, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)20 h summer · 16 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 Kannankottai known for?

The main crops are **paddy, sugarcane and coconut**. About 9% of the 834 hectares of village land is sown, and 62 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 Kannankottai

Of every 100 households in Kannankottai in 2011, 85 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 81 had a mobile phone, 34 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kannankottai · ■ Devakottai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****85%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**82%

Tap water ****89%**

**65%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**14%

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

**15%

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

**84%

Use banking services ****28%**

**55%

Television ****82%**

**89%

Mobile phone ****81%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****34%**

**24%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****2%**

**4%

Own their home ****97%**

**96%

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 Kannankottai?

■ Kannankottai · ■ Devakottai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.3%**

**77.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****932**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****877**

**975

Working population ****55.6%**

**55.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.9% for men and 61.2% for women. 64% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 110 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 376 (34%) · **■** Household industry 4 (0%) · **■** Other work 183 (17%) · **■** Marginal 425 (39%)

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 Devakottai

- Vagaigudi2,194 people
- Orumaniyendal2,176 people
- Siruvatti2,040 people
- Kappalur2,033 people
- Karkalathur1,928 people
- Iravinivayal1,834 people
- Perattukkottai1,805 people
- Ponnalikopttai1,682 people

[All 91 villages in Devakottai](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/sivaganga/devakottai/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kannankottai?630303
- How far is Kannankottai from Sivaganga?60 km by road
- What is the population of Kannankottai?1,975 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kannankottai in?Sivaganga district (Devakottai sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Kannankottai?71.3% (Census 2011)
