# Kirungakottai Village, Tirupathur, Sivaganga (Tamil Nadu)

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Village · Tirupathur, Sivaganga 

# Kirungakottai

Kirungakottai is a village in Tirupathur sub-district of Sivaganga district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **630502**. The 2011 Census counted **3,633 people in 910 households**, the 19th largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 74.9%.

- 3,633people (2011)
- 910households
- 75.1%literacy
- 630502PIN code

## Kirungakottai PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kirungakottai is 630502.** Kirungakottai falls in Tirupathur sub-district, Sivaganga district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code630502
- Gram panchayatMathurapuri, Kirungakotta
- Community development blockSingampuneri
- Census village code639991

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

## How far is Kirungakottai from nearby towns?

- Tirupathur (sub-district HQ)20 km by road
- Sivaganga (district HQ)50 km by road
- Singampuneri (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 Kirungakottai?

21 services counted by the Census are inside Kirungakottai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 5 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn 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

- ○Degree college10+ km · Tirupathur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Tirupathur
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)12 h summer · 12 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 Kirungakottai known for?

The main crops are **paddy, ground nut and coconut**. About 53% of the 818 hectares of village land is sown, and 369 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 Kirungakottai

Of every 100 households in Kirungakottai in 2011, 94 had electricity, 40 a toilet at home and 17 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kirungakottai · ■ Tirupathur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****94%**

**89%

Toilet within the home ****40%**

**25%

No toilet (open defecation) ****44%**

**69%

Tap water ****82%**

**70%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**13%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****17%**

**18%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****79%**

**80%

Use banking services ****40%**

**50%

Television ****90%**

**89%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**62%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**22%

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

**1%

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

**4%

Own their home ****96%**

**94%

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 Kirungakottai?

■ Kirungakottai · ■ Tirupathur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.1%**

**74.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1039**

**990

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****946**

**953

Working population ****47.8%**

**50.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.4% for men and 65.4% for women. 60% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 276 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 453 (26%) · **■** Household industry 56 (3%) · **■** Other work 688 (40%) · **■** Marginal 265 (15%)

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 Tirupathur

- Chettikuruchi3,938 people
- Nedumaram3,763 people
- Kunnakudi3,689 people
- Minnamalaipatti3,682 people
- Ulagampatti3,506 people
- Karisalpatti3,449 people
- Sirumarudhur3,445 people
- Valasaipatti3,444 people

[All 98 villages in Tirupathur](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/sivaganga/tirupathur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kirungakottai?630502
- How far is Kirungakottai from Sivaganga?50 km by road
- What is the population of Kirungakottai?3,633 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kirungakottai in?Sivaganga district (Tirupathur sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Kirungakottai?75.1% (Census 2011)
