# Keeranur Village, Kumbakonam, Thanjavur (Tamil Nadu)

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Village · Kumbakonam, Thanjavur 

# Keeranur

Keeranur is a village in Kumbakonam sub-district of Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **612605**. The 2011 Census counted **1,486 people in 381 households**, the 59th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 80.8%.

- 1,486people (2011)
- 381households
- 82.3%literacy
- 612605PIN code

## Keeranur PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Keeranur is 612605.** Keeranur falls in Kumbakonam sub-district, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code612605
- Gram panchayatKeeranur
- Community development blockThiruvidaimarudur
- Census village code638562

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

## How far is Keeranur from nearby towns?

- Kumbakonam (sub-district HQ)17 km by road
- Thanjavur (district HQ)50 km by road
- Kodavasal (nearest town)6 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 Keeranur?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle 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
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Natchiarkoil
- ○Degree college10+ km · Kumbakonam
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Semmankudi
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water and hand pumps
- Electricity (2011)16 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 Keeranur known for?

About 69% of the 235 hectares of village land is sown, and 147 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 Keeranur

Of every 100 households in Keeranur in 2011, 96 had electricity, 34 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 82 had a mobile phone, 24 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Keeranur · ■ Kumbakonam rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**96%

Toilet within the home ****34%**

**39%

No toilet (open defecation) ****66%**

**58%

Tap water ****97%**

**70%

Drinking water within premises ****41%**

**35%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**31%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**67%

Use banking services ****37%**

**50%

Television ****94%**

**91%

Mobile phone ****82%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****24%**

**26%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**2%

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

**4%

Own their home ****98%**

**87%

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 Keeranur?

■ Keeranur · ■ Kumbakonam rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.3%**

**80.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****973**

**1010

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****884**

**952

Working population ****35.9%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.2% for men and 75.2% for women. 59% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 125 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 254 (48%) · **■** Household industry 9 (2%) · **■** Other work 93 (17%) · **■** Marginal 52 (10%)

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 Kumbakonam

- Perappadi1,500 people
- Nagagudi1,499 people
- Thandalam1,496 people
- Ammangudi1,488 people
- Mallapuram1,478 people
- Kattur1,477 people
- Keelakorukkai1,464 people
- Agarathur1,439 people

[All 103 villages in Kumbakonam](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/thanjavur/kumbakonam/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Keeranur?612605
- How far is Keeranur from Thanjavur?50 km by road
- What is the population of Keeranur?1,486 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Keeranur in?Thanjavur district (Kumbakonam sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Keeranur?82.3% (Census 2011)
