# Vengarai Village, Orathanadu, Thanjavur (Tamil Nadu)

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Village · Orathanadu, Thanjavur 

# Vengarai

Vengarai is a village in Orathanadu sub-district of Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **614628**. The 2011 Census counted **2,088 people in 519 households**, the 48th largest of 117 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 74.7%.

- 2,088people (2011)
- 519households
- 72.5%literacy
- 614628PIN code

## Vengarai PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Vengarai is 614628.** Vengarai falls in Orathanadu sub-district, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code614628
- Gram panchayatVengarai
- Community development blockThiruvonam
- Census village code638966

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

## How far is Vengarai from nearby towns?

- Orathanadu (sub-district HQ)23 km by road
- Thanjavur (district HQ)40 km by road
- Karambakkudi (nearest town)10 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 Vengarai?

20 services counted by the Census are inside Vengarai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 2 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
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Periyakottaikadu
- ○Degree college10+ km · Enathi
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Pattukkottai
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, covered wells and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)20 h summer · 20 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 Vengarai known for?

The main crops are **paddy, ground nut and sugarcane**. About 68% of the 624 hectares of village land is sown, and 341 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 Vengarai

Of every 100 households in Vengarai in 2011, 79 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Vengarai · ■ Orathanadu rural average

Electricity for lighting ****79%**

**88%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**79%

Tap water ****99%**

**97%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**12%

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

**9%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****19%**

**41%

Television ****47%**

**84%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**62%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**20%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****23%**

**6%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Vengarai?

■ Vengarai · ■ Orathanadu rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.5%**

**74.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1061**

**1054

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1056**

**954

Working population ****43.1%**

**49.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.3% for men and 62.3% for women. 57% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 212 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 516 (57%) · **■** Household industry 4 (0%) · **■** Other work 153 (17%) · **■** Marginal 14 (2%)

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

- Cholagankudikadu2,195 people
- Vadakkur North2,123 people
- Kattukuruchi2,121 people
- Neivasal South2,106 people
- Kelavannipet2,010 people
- Kakkarakottai2,007 people
- Vadakkur South1,978 people
- Adanakottai1,975 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Vengarai?614628
- How far is Vengarai from Thanjavur?40 km by road
- What is the population of Vengarai?2,088 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Vengarai in?Thanjavur district (Orathanadu sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Vengarai?72.5% (Census 2011)
