# Mahimalai Bit Village, Papanasam, Thanjavur (Tamil Nadu)

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Village · Papanasam, Thanjavur 

# Mahimalai Bit

Mahimalai Bit is a village in Papanasam sub-district of Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **614401**. The 2011 Census counted **600 people in 147 households**, the 91st largest of 104 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 78.2%.

- 600people (2011)
- 147households
- 80.6%literacy
- 614401PIN code

## Mahimalai Bit PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Mahimalai Bit is 614401.** Mahimalai Bit falls in Papanasam sub-district, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code614401
- Gram panchayatMahimalai
- Community development blockAmmapettai
- Census village code638653

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

## How far is Mahimalai Bit from nearby towns?

- Papanasam (sub-district HQ)25 km by road
- Thanjavur (district HQ)25 km by road
- Ammapettai (nearest town)1 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 Mahimalai Bit?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Mahimalai Bit; 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
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Ammapettai
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Poondi
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Pulavarnatham
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)16 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 Mahimalai Bit known for?

About 5% of the 7 hectares of village land is sown, and 0 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 Mahimalai Bit

Of every 100 households in Mahimalai Bit in 2011, 96 had electricity, 34 a toilet at home and 35 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Mahimalai Bit · ■ Papanasam rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**94%

Toilet within the home ****34%**

**31%

No toilet (open defecation) ****66%**

**67%

Tap water ****97%**

**73%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**33%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****35%**

**27%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****62%**

**71%

Use banking services ****39%**

**44%

Television ****84%**

**90%

Mobile phone ****58%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**21%

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

**1%

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

**4%

Own their home ****87%**

**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 Mahimalai Bit?

■ Mahimalai Bit · ■ Papanasam rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.6%**

**78.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****987**

**1032

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****780**

**948

Working population ****39.7%**

**42.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.4% for men and 75.9% for women. 57% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Farm labourers 104 (44%) · **■** Household industry 23 (10%) · **■** Other work 97 (41%) · **■** Marginal 14 (6%)

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

- Kattukuruchi700 people
- Deepambalpuram687 people
- Utharamangalam666 people
- Edakkudi625 people
- Ponmeindanallur600 people
- Neithalur580 people
- Konthagai575 people
- Arumanallur566 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Mahimalai Bit?614401
- How far is Mahimalai Bit from Thanjavur?25 km by road
- What is the population of Mahimalai Bit?600 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahimalai Bit in?Thanjavur district (Papanasam sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Mahimalai Bit?80.6% (Census 2011)
