# Kilamalai Village, Devakottai, Sivaganga (Tamil Nadu)

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Village · Devakottai, Sivaganga 

# Kilamalai

Kilamalai is a village in Devakottai sub-district of Sivaganga district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **630108**. The 2011 Census counted **874 people in 208 households**, the 46th largest of 90 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.7%.

- 874people (2011)
- 208households
- 78.6%literacy
- 630108PIN code

## Kilamalai PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kilamalai is 630108.** Kilamalai falls in Devakottai sub-district, Sivaganga district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code630108
- Gram panchayatKalathur
- Community development blockKannankudi
- Census village code640137

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

## How far is Kilamalai from nearby towns?

- Devakottai (sub-district HQ)23 km by road
- Sivaganga (district HQ)73 km by road
- Devakottai (nearest town)23 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 Kilamalai?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Kilamalai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Kannakudi
- ○Degree college10+ km · Devakottai
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Sathikkottai
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)18 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 Kilamalai known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 30% of the 801 hectares of village land is sown, and 220 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 Kilamalai

Of every 100 households in Kilamalai in 2011, 98 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 95 cooked with LPG; 99 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kilamalai · ■ Devakottai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****98%**

**91%

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

**16%

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

**82%

Tap water ****97%**

**65%

Drinking water within premises ****95%**

**14%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****95%**

**15%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****3%**

**84%

Use banking services ****20%**

**55%

Television ****100%**

**89%

Mobile phone ****99%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**24%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****0%**

**4%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Kilamalai?

■ Kilamalai · ■ Devakottai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.6%**

**77.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****964**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****971**

**975

Working population ****64.2%**

**55.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.1% for men and 69.7% for women. 68% of men and 60% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 259 (46%) · **■** Farm labourers 35 (6%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 18 (3%) · **■** Marginal 246 (44%)

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

- Egaraikottaivayal1,092 people
- Vilimar1,086 people
- Pusalagudi1,077 people
- Kalathur987 people
- Kottur863 people
- Vellikatti863 people
- Virisur860 people
- Minnittankudi855 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kilamalai?630108
- How far is Kilamalai from Sivaganga?73 km by road
- What is the population of Kilamalai?874 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kilamalai in?Sivaganga district (Devakottai sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Kilamalai?78.6% (Census 2011)
