# Valaiyapettai Village, Kumbakonam, Thanjavur (Tamil Nadu) > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/thanjavur/kumbakonam/valaiyapettai/ Village · Kumbakonam, Thanjavur # Valaiyapettai Valaiyapettai is a village in Kumbakonam sub-district of Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **612702**. The 2011 Census counted **5,864 people in 1,498 households**, the 6th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 80.8%. - 5,864people (2011) - 1,498households - 77.9%literacy - 612702PIN code ## Valaiyapettai PIN code and other codes **The PIN code of Valaiyapettai is 612702.** Valaiyapettai falls in Kumbakonam sub-district, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu. - PIN code612702 - Gram panchayatValaiyapettai - Community development blockKumbakonam - Census village code638502 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Valaiyapettai from nearby towns? - Kumbakonam (sub-district HQ)3 km by road - Thanjavur (district HQ)40 km by road - Kumbakonam (nearest town)2 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 Valaiyapettai? 19 services counted by the Census are inside Valaiyapettai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 4 govt · 2 private - ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 2 private - ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt - ●Management instituteIn village · 2 private - ●ITI / vocational schoolIn village · 1 private - ●Health sub-centreIn village · 3 - ●Post officeIn village - ●Mobile phone coverageIn village - ●Public bus serviceIn village - ●Private bus serviceIn village - ●National highwayIn village - ●State highwayIn village - ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village - ●All-weather roadIn village - ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village - ●Anganwadi centreIn village - ●ASHA health workerIn village - ●Community centreIn village - ●Polling stationIn village ### Nearest outside - ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Kumbakonam - ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Kumbakonam - ○Primary health centreunder 5 km - ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km - ○Dispensaryunder 5 km - ○Railway stationunder 5 km - ○ATMunder 5 km - ○Commercial bankunder 5 km - ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km - ○Public libraryunder 5 km ### Water and power - Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river - Electricity (2011)18 h summer · 18 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 Valaiyapettai known for? The main crops are **paddy, sugarcane and banana**. Products made here include sculptures. About 32% of the 400 hectares of village land is sown, and 78 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 Valaiyapettai Of every 100 households in Valaiyapettai in 2011, 95 had electricity, 41 a toilet at home and 31 cooked with LPG; 72 had a mobile phone, 25 a two-wheeler and 1 a car. ■ Valaiyapettai · ■ Kumbakonam rural average Electricity for lighting ****95%** **96% Toilet within the home ****41%** **39% No toilet (open defecation) ****55%** **58% Tap water ****62%** **70% Drinking water within premises ****41%** **35% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****31%** **31% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****67%** **67% Use banking services ****40%** **50% Television ****92%** **91% Mobile phone ****72%** **65% Computer with internet ****1%** **1% Two-wheeler ****25%** **26% Car / jeep / van ****1%** **2% None of these assets ****4%** **4% Own their home ****78%** **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 Valaiyapettai? ■ Valaiyapettai · ■ Kumbakonam rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****77.9%** **80.8% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1002** **1010 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****882** **952 Working population ****42.0%** **41.2% ### Women and men Literacy is 85.0% for men and 70.9% for women. 63% of men and 21% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ********** **■** Cultivators 179 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 559 (23%) · **■** Household industry 132 (5%) · **■** Other work 1,335 (54%) · **■** Marginal 256 (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 - Patteeswaram7,182 people - Thirunariyur6,786 people - Palavathankattalai6,752 people - Koranattu Karuppur II6,347 people - Thiruppurambiyam5,505 people - Sholamaligai5,446 people - Thippirajapuram3,817 people - Thandanthottam3,741 people [All 103 villages in Kumbakonam](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/thanjavur/kumbakonam/villages/) ## Quick answers - What is the PIN code of Valaiyapettai?612702 - How far is Valaiyapettai from Thanjavur?40 km by road - What is the population of Valaiyapettai?5,864 (Census 2011) - Which district is Valaiyapettai in?Thanjavur district (Kumbakonam sub-district), Tamil Nadu - What is the literacy rate of Valaiyapettai?77.9% (Census 2011)