# Sakkottai Village, Karaikkudi, Sivaganga (Tamil Nadu)

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Village · Karaikkudi, Sivaganga 

# Sakkottai

Sakkottai is a village in Karaikkudi sub-district of Sivaganga district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **630108**. The 2011 Census counted **1,208 people in 293 households**, the 39th largest of 61 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.0%.

- 1,208people (2011)
- 293households
- 77.0%literacy
- 630108PIN code

## Sakkottai PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code630108
- Gram panchayatVeerasekarapuram
- Community development blockSakkottai
- Census village code640074

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

## How far is Sakkottai from nearby towns?

- Karaikkudi (sub-district HQ)16 km by road
- Sivaganga (district HQ)76 km by road
- Puduvayal (nearest town)4 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 Sakkottai?

23 services counted by the Census are inside Sakkottai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 5 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Internet / Common Service CentreIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn 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 · Puduvayal
- ○Degree college10+ km · Karaikkudi
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Kottaiyur
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water and untreated 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 Sakkottai known for?

About 40% of the 1,485 hectares of village land is sown, and 311 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 Sakkottai

Of every 100 households in Sakkottai in 2011, 84 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 62 had a mobile phone, 33 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sakkottai · ■ Karaikkudi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****84%**

**88%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**64%

Tap water ****100%**

**64%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**21%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**32%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**65%

Use banking services ****39%**

**56%

Television ****92%**

**89%

Mobile phone ****62%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****33%**

**29%

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

**2%

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

**3%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Sakkottai?

■ Sakkottai · ■ Karaikkudi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.0%**

**77.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1047**

**1024

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****985**

**956

Working population ****54.2%**

**47.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.4% for men and 68.1% for women. 63% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 236 (36%) · **■** Farm labourers 146 (22%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 248 (38%) · **■** Marginal 20 (3%)

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

- Veppankulam1,360 people
- Ambakkudi1,337 people
- Nattuseri1,308 people
- Devapattu1,298 people
- Periakottakudi1,160 people
- Kandanur1,131 people
- Vellipatti999 people
- Jeyankondam933 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Sakkottai?630108
- How far is Sakkottai from Sivaganga?76 km by road
- What is the population of Sakkottai?1,208 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sakkottai in?Sivaganga district (Karaikkudi sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Sakkottai?77.0% (Census 2011)