# Therkukottai Village, Orathanadu, Thanjavur (Tamil Nadu)

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Village · Orathanadu, Thanjavur 

# Therkukottai

Therkukottai is a village in Orathanadu sub-district of Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **614626**. The 2011 Census counted **1,012 people in 266 households**, the 99th largest of 117 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.7%.

- 1,012people (2011)
- 266households
- 85.9%literacy
- 614626PIN code

## Therkukottai PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Therkukottai is 614626.** Therkukottai falls in Orathanadu sub-district, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code614626
- Gram panchayatTherkukottai
- Community development blockThiruvonam
- Census village code638941

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

## How far is Therkukottai from nearby towns?

- Orathanadu (sub-district HQ)13 km by road
- Thanjavur (district HQ)40 km by road
- Orathanadu (nearest town)13 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 Therkukottai?

12 services counted by the Census are inside Therkukottai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary 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
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Avidanalla Vijayapuram
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Enathi
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Pattukkottai
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

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

The main crops are **paddy, ground nut and black gram**. Products made here include clay pots. About 58% of the 330 hectares of village land is sown, and 159 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 Therkukottai

Of every 100 households in Therkukottai in 2011, 96 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 84 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Therkukottai · ■ Orathanadu rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**88%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**79%

Tap water ****50%**

**97%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**12%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**9%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**91%

Use banking services ****73%**

**41%

Television ****89%**

**84%

Mobile phone ****84%**

**62%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**20%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****5%**

**6%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Therkukottai?

■ Therkukottai · ■ Orathanadu rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.9%**

**74.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1065**

**1054

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****776**

**954

Working population ****46.4%**

**49.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.7% for men and 79.8% for women. 51% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 61 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 342 (73%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 13 (3%) · **■** Marginal 51 (11%)

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

- Pudunagar1,157 people
- Ponnappur II1,069 people
- Vadakkukottai1,062 people
- Tirumangalakottai Melaiyur1,043 people
- Arumulai994 people
- Paravathur815 people
- Vadaseri South754 people
- Samipatti704 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Therkukottai?614626
- How far is Therkukottai from Thanjavur?40 km by road
- What is the population of Therkukottai?1,012 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Therkukottai in?Thanjavur district (Orathanadu sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Therkukottai?85.9% (Census 2011)