# Kalancheri Village, Papanasam, Thanjavur (Tamil Nadu)

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Village · Papanasam, Thanjavur 

# Kalancheri

Kalancheri is a village in Papanasam sub-district of Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **613504**. The 2011 Census counted **1,017 people in 279 households**, the 75th largest of 104 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 78.2%.

- 1,017people (2011)
- 279households
- 87.2%literacy
- 613504PIN code

## Kalancheri PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kalancheri is 613504.** Kalancheri falls in Papanasam sub-district, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code613504
- Gram panchayatKalancheri
- Community development blockAmmapettai
- Census village code638647

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

## How far is Kalancheri from nearby towns?

- Papanasam (sub-district HQ)12 km by road
- Thanjavur (district HQ)20 km by road
- Melattur (nearest town)6 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 Kalancheri?

19 services counted by the Census are inside Kalancheri; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●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
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Milattur
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Poondi
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Pulavarnatham
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 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, covered wells and hand pumps
- Electricity (2011)14 h summer · 14 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 Kalancheri known for?

The main crops are **paddy, black gram and coconut**. About 71% of the 246 hectares of village land is sown, and 171 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 Kalancheri

Of every 100 households in Kalancheri in 2011, 97 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 63 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 22 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Kalancheri · ■ Papanasam rural average

Electricity for lighting ****97%**

**94%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**31%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**67%

Tap water ****98%**

**73%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**33%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****63%**

**27%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****36%**

**71%

Use banking services ****35%**

**44%

Television ****87%**

**90%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****22%**

**21%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

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

**4%

Own their home ****96%**

**91%

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 Kalancheri?

■ Kalancheri · ■ Papanasam rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.2%**

**78.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****990**

**1032

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****805**

**948

Working population ****45.8%**

**42.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.7% for men and 78.6% for women. 51% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 59 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 391 (84%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 15 (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 Papanasam

- Jambugambalpuram II1,103 people
- Jambugambalpuram I1,088 people
- Kothangudi1,081 people
- Porakkudi1,039 people
- Melasemmangudi1,000 people
- Melakalakudi996 people
- Kathirinatham988 people
- Devaryampettai956 people

[All 106 villages in Papanasam](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/thanjavur/papanasam/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kalancheri?613504
- How far is Kalancheri from Thanjavur?20 km by road
- What is the population of Kalancheri?1,017 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalancheri in?Thanjavur district (Papanasam sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Kalancheri?87.2% (Census 2011)
