# Agarapettai Village, Thiruvaiyaru, Thanjavur (Tamil Nadu)

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Village · Thiruvaiyaru, Thanjavur 

# Agarapettai

Agarapettai is a village in Thiruvaiyaru sub-district of Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **613104**. The 2011 Census counted **1,700 people in 445 households**, the 44th largest of 75 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 83.0%.

- 1,700people (2011)
- 445households
- 85.6%literacy
- 613104PIN code

## Agarapettai PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Agarapettai is 613104.** Agarapettai falls in Thiruvaiyaru sub-district, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code613104
- Gram panchayatAgarapettai
- Community development blockBudalur
- Census village code638716

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

## How far is Agarapettai from nearby towns?

- Thiruvaiyaru (sub-district HQ)26 km by road
- Thanjavur (district HQ)33 km by road
- Thirukkattupalli (nearest town)5 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 Agarapettai?

16 services counted by the Census are inside Agarapettai; 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 · 2 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Senior secondary 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
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college10+ km · Thiruvaiyaru
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Thirukkattupalli
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 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, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)16 h summer · 16 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 Agarapettai known for?

The main crops are **paddy, sesame seeds and coconut**. About 65% of the 264 hectares of village land is sown, and 166 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 Agarapettai

Of every 100 households in Agarapettai in 2011, 95 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 67 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Agarapettai · ■ Thiruvaiyaru rural average

Electricity for lighting ****95%**

**95%

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

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**70%

Tap water ****54%**

**70%

Drinking water within premises ****52%**

**30%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**27%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**72%

Use banking services ****39%**

**40%

Television ****85%**

**90%

Mobile phone ****67%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**21%

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

**2%

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

**5%

Own their home ****94%**

**92%

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 Agarapettai?

■ Agarapettai · ■ Thiruvaiyaru rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.6%**

**83.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****917**

**1020

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****714**

**939

Working population ****41.4%**

**42.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.3% for men and 76.4% for women. 52% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 102 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 268 (38%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 103 (15%) · **■** Marginal 225 (32%)

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 Thiruvaiyaru

- Tiruvalampozhil1,747 people
- Nemam1,735 people
- Okkakudi1,730 people
- Ambathumelagaram1,722 people
- Vanarangudi1,645 people
- Achanur1,629 people
- Uppukachipettai1,580 people
- Katchamangalam1,564 people

[All 77 villages in Thiruvaiyaru](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/thanjavur/thiruvaiyaru/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Agarapettai?613104
- How far is Agarapettai from Thanjavur?33 km by road
- What is the population of Agarapettai?1,700 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Agarapettai in?Thanjavur district (Thiruvaiyaru sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Agarapettai?85.6% (Census 2011)
