# Madakkottai Village, Devakottai, Sivaganga (Tamil Nadu)

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Village · Devakottai, Sivaganga 

# Madakkottai

Madakkottai is a village in Devakottai sub-district of Sivaganga district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **630318**. The 2011 Census counted **530 people in 135 households**, the 65th largest of 90 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.7%.

- 530people (2011)
- 135households
- 78.2%literacy
- 630318PIN code

## Madakkottai PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Madakkottai is 630318.** Madakkottai falls in Devakottai sub-district, Sivaganga district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code630318
- Gram panchayatSiruvachi, Puthurani
- Community development blockKannankudi
- Census village code640143

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

## How far is Madakkottai from nearby towns?

- Devakottai (sub-district HQ)10 km by road
- Sivaganga (district HQ)30 km by road
- Devakottai (nearest town)10 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 Madakkottai?

13 services counted by the Census are inside Madakkottai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 4 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Kannagudi
- ○Degree college10+ km · Devakottai
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Sathikkottai
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water and untreated tap water
- Electricity (2011)12 h summer · 10 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 Madakkottai known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 18% of the 607 hectares of village land is sown, and 106 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 Madakkottai

Of every 100 households in Madakkottai in 2011, 92 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 88 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Madakkottai · ■ Devakottai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****92%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**82%

Tap water ****100%**

**65%

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

**14%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**15%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**84%

Use banking services ****23%**

**55%

Television ****99%**

**89%

Mobile phone ****88%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**24%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****1%**

**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 Madakkottai?

■ Madakkottai · ■ Devakottai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.2%**

**77.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****970**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1120**

**975

Working population ****68.5%**

**55.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.0% for men and 64.8% for women. 71% of men and 66% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 296 (82%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (2%) · **■** Household industry 8 (2%) · **■** Other work 29 (8%) · **■** Marginal 24 (7%)

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

- Thangangudi622 people
- Vettiyalangulam588 people
- Karai576 people
- Thalakkavayal535 people
- Manjani404 people
- Thalaiyur404 people
- Udayachi402 people
- Nallangudi401 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Madakkottai?630318
- How far is Madakkottai from Sivaganga?30 km by road
- What is the population of Madakkottai?530 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Madakkottai in?Sivaganga district (Devakottai sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Madakkottai?78.2% (Census 2011)