# Melakorukkai Village, Kumbakonam, Thanjavur (Tamil Nadu) > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/thanjavur/kumbakonam/melakorukkai/ Village · Kumbakonam, Thanjavur # Melakorukkai Melakorukkai is a village in Kumbakonam sub-district of Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **612401**. The 2011 Census counted **2,521 people in 654 households**, the 30th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 80.8%. - 2,521people (2011) - 654households - 76.3%literacy - 612401PIN code ## Melakorukkai PIN code and other codes **The PIN code of Melakorukkai is 612401.** Melakorukkai falls in Kumbakonam sub-district, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu. - PIN code612401 - Gram panchayatKorukkai - Community development blockKumbakonam - Census village code638539 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Melakorukkai from nearby towns? - Kumbakonam (sub-district HQ)4 km by road - Thanjavur (district HQ)40 km by road - Kumbakonam (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 Melakorukkai? 20 services counted by the Census are inside Melakorukkai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 govt · 1 private - ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private - ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt - ●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 - ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Patteeswaram - ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Kumbakonam - ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Kumbakonam - ○Primary health centre5–10 km - ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km - ○Dispensary5–10 km - ○Post officeunder 5 km - ○Railway stationunder 5 km - ○ATMunder 5 km - ○Commercial bankunder 5 km - ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km ### Water and power - Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes - 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 Melakorukkai known for? The main crops are **paddy, sugarcane and cotton**. Products made here include rice and jaggery. About 55% of the 300 hectares of village land is sown, and 142 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 Melakorukkai Of every 100 households in Melakorukkai in 2011, 95 had electricity, 39 a toilet at home and 69 cooked with LPG; 69 had a mobile phone, 30 a two-wheeler and 2 a car. ■ Melakorukkai · ■ Kumbakonam rural average Electricity for lighting ****95%** **96% Toilet within the home ****39%** **39% No toilet (open defecation) ****60%** **58% Tap water ****73%** **70% Drinking water within premises ****25%** **35% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****69%** **31% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****30%** **67% Use banking services ****43%** **50% Television ****88%** **91% Mobile phone ****69%** **65% Computer with internet ****1%** **1% Two-wheeler ****30%** **26% Car / jeep / van ****2%** **2% None of these assets ****6%** **4% Own their home ****91%** **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 Melakorukkai? ■ Melakorukkai · ■ Kumbakonam rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****76.3%** **80.8% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1012** **1010 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1080** **952 Working population ****40.2%** **41.2% ### Women and men Literacy is 83.7% for men and 68.9% for women. 62% of men and 18% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ********** **■** Cultivators 198 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 433 (43%) · **■** Household industry 23 (2%) · **■** Other work 326 (32%) · **■** Marginal 33 (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 Kumbakonam - Marudanallur2,730 people - Athiyur2,633 people - Krishnapuram2,581 people - Mathur2,547 people - Thukkatchi2,493 people - Miruthiyanchapadaiveedu2,390 people - Koranattu Karuppur I2,349 people - Nagarasampettai2,336 people [All 103 villages in Kumbakonam](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/thanjavur/kumbakonam/villages/) ## Quick answers - What is the PIN code of Melakorukkai?612401 - How far is Melakorukkai from Thanjavur?40 km by road - What is the population of Melakorukkai?2,521 (Census 2011) - Which district is Melakorukkai in?Thanjavur district (Kumbakonam sub-district), Tamil Nadu - What is the literacy rate of Melakorukkai?76.3% (Census 2011)