# Kallankudi Village, Karaikkudi, Sivaganga (Tamil Nadu)

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Village · Karaikkudi, Sivaganga 

# Kallankudi

Kallankudi is a village in Karaikkudi sub-district of Sivaganga district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **630106**. The 2011 Census counted **538 people in 127 households**, the 53rd largest of 61 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.0%.

- 538people (2011)
- 127households
- 77.6%literacy
- 630106PIN code

## Kallankudi PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kallankudi is 630106.** Kallankudi falls in Karaikkudi sub-district, Sivaganga district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code630106
- Gram panchayatVadagudi
- Community development blockSakkottai
- Census village code640072

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

## How far is Kallankudi from nearby towns?

- Karaikkudi (sub-district HQ)10 km by road
- Sivaganga (district HQ)55 km by road
- Kottaiyur (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 Kallankudi?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Kallankudi; 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
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Kottaiyur
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Pallathur
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Kottaiyur
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water
- Electricity (2011)10 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 Kallankudi known for?

The main crops are **paddy and sugarcane**. About 14% of the 647 hectares of village land is sown, and 90 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 Kallankudi

Of every 100 households in Kallankudi in 2011, 96 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 88 cooked with LPG; 80 had a mobile phone, 41 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kallankudi · ■ Karaikkudi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**88%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****75%**

**64%

Tap water ****100%**

**64%

Drinking water within premises ****30%**

**21%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****88%**

**32%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****10%**

**65%

Use banking services ****59%**

**56%

Television ****89%**

**89%

Mobile phone ****80%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****41%**

**29%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****4%**

**3%

Own their home ****97%**

**89%

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 Kallankudi?

■ Kallankudi · ■ Karaikkudi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.6%**

**77.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****985**

**1024

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1688**

**956

Working population ****40.7%**

**47.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.7% for men and 67.9% for women. 58% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 13 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 8 (4%) · **■** Household industry 4 (2%) · **■** Other work 115 (53%) · **■** Marginal 79 (36%)

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 Karaikkudi

- Variyanvayal815 people
- Pilar782 people
- Siruvayal639 people
- Pukkudi614 people
- Malaikandan466 people
- Mummudichanpatti466 people
- Kiranippatti426 people
- Pallathur422 people

[All 63 villages in Karaikkudi](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/sivaganga/karaikkudi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kallankudi?630106
- How far is Kallankudi from Sivaganga?55 km by road
- What is the population of Kallankudi?538 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kallankudi in?Sivaganga district (Karaikkudi sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Kallankudi?77.6% (Census 2011)
