# Panayakottai Village, Orathanadu, Thanjavur (Tamil Nadu)

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Village · Orathanadu, Thanjavur 

# Panayakottai

Panayakottai is a village in Orathanadu sub-district of Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **614019**. The 2011 Census counted **1,746 people in 441 households**, the 62nd largest of 117 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.7%.

- 1,746people (2011)
- 441households
- 80.5%literacy
- 614019PIN code

## Panayakottai PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Panayakottai is 614019.** Panayakottai falls in Orathanadu sub-district, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code614019
- Gram panchayatMoorthiambalpuram
- Community development blockOrathanadu
- Census village code638854

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

## How far is Panayakottai from nearby towns?

- Orathanadu (sub-district HQ)12 km by road
- Thanjavur (district HQ)20 km by road
- Orathanadu (nearest town)12 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 Panayakottai?

17 services counted by the Census are inside Panayakottai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college5–10 km · Poondi
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Thanjavur
- ○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

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water and tube wells / boreholes
- 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 Panayakottai known for?

The main crops are **paddy, black gram and sesame seeds**. About 55% of the 340 hectares of village land is sown, and 187 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 Panayakottai

Of every 100 households in Panayakottai in 2011, 89 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 72 had a mobile phone, 28 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Panayakottai · ■ Orathanadu rural average

Electricity for lighting ****89%**

**88%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**79%

Tap water ****99%**

**97%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**12%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****11%**

**9%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****39%**

**41%

Television ****89%**

**84%

Mobile phone ****72%**

**62%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****28%**

**20%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****6%**

**6%

Own their home ****93%**

**95%

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 Panayakottai?

■ Panayakottai · ■ Orathanadu rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.5%**

**74.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1069**

**1054

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1049**

**954

Working population ****40.8%**

**49.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.1% for men and 73.5% for women. 59% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 115 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 328 (46%) · **■** Household industry 14 (2%) · **■** Other work 142 (20%) · **■** Marginal 114 (16%)

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 Orathanadu

- Thondarampet West1,888 people
- Thippanvidudhi1,809 people
- Vandayarriruppu1,784 people
- Ponnappur I1,772 people
- Ponnappur1,730 people
- Karukkakottai1,690 people
- Kannathangudi East1,683 people
- Palampudur1,675 people

[All 118 villages in Orathanadu](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/thanjavur/orathanadu/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Panayakottai?614019
- How far is Panayakottai from Thanjavur?20 km by road
- What is the population of Panayakottai?1,746 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Panayakottai in?Thanjavur district (Orathanadu sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Panayakottai?80.5% (Census 2011)
