# Avikkarai Village, Thiruvaiyaru, Thanjavur (Tamil Nadu) > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/thanjavur/thiruvaiyaru/avikkarai/ Village · Thiruvaiyaru, Thanjavur # Avikkarai Avikkarai is a village in Thiruvaiyaru sub-district of Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **613202**. The 2011 Census counted **1,162 people in 278 households**, the 57th largest of 75 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 83.0%. - 1,162people (2011) - 278households - 86.4%literacy - 613202PIN code ## Avikkarai PIN code and other codes **The PIN code of Avikkarai is 613202.** Avikkarai falls in Thiruvaiyaru sub-district, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu. - PIN code613202 - Gram panchayatAvikkarai - Community development blockThiruvaiyaru - Census village code638738 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Avikkarai from nearby towns? - Thiruvaiyaru (sub-district HQ)3 km by road - Thanjavur (district HQ)14 km by road - Thiruvaiyaru (nearest town)3 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 Avikkarai? 11 services counted by the Census are inside Avikkarai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 private - ●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 - ●ASHA health workerIn village - ●Community centreIn village - ●Sports fieldIn village - ●Polling stationIn village ### Nearest outside - ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Thiruvaiyaru - ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Thiruvaiyaru - ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Thiruvaiyaru - ○Primary health centre5–10 km - ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km - ○Dispensary5–10 km - ○Post officeunder 5 km - ○Railway station10+ km - ○ATMunder 5 km - ○Commercial bankunder 5 km - ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km - ○Public libraryunder 5 km ### Water and power - Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes - Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 10 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 Avikkarai known for? The main crops are **paddy, coconut and banana**. About 76% of the 80 hectares of village land is sown, and 51 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 Avikkarai Of every 100 households in Avikkarai in 2011, 96 had electricity, 23 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 75 had a mobile phone, 25 a two-wheeler and 2 a car. ■ Avikkarai · ■ Thiruvaiyaru rural average Electricity for lighting ****96%** **95% Toilet within the home ****23%** **27% No toilet (open defecation) ****77%** **70% Tap water ****86%** **70% Drinking water within premises ****32%** **30% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%** **27% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%** **72% Use banking services ****62%** **40% Television ****85%** **90% Mobile phone ****75%** **64% Computer with internet ****0%** **1% Two-wheeler ****25%** **21% Car / jeep / van ****2%** **2% None of these assets ****3%** **5% Own their home ****95%** **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 Avikkarai? ■ Avikkarai · ■ Thiruvaiyaru rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****86.4%** **83.0% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****950** **1020 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****912** **939 Working population ****45.1%** **42.8% ### Women and men Literacy is 93.1% for men and 79.4% for women. 66% of men and 23% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ********** **■** Cultivators 19 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 324 (62%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 167 (32%) · **■** Marginal 13 (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 Thiruvaiyaru - Marur1,368 people - Koothur1,353 people - Pavanamangalam1,232 people - Venkatesamudram II Sethi1,171 people - Ammayagaram1,110 people - Megalathur1,059 people - Kulimathur1,048 people - Budarayanallur1,043 people [All 77 villages in Thiruvaiyaru](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/thanjavur/thiruvaiyaru/villages/) ## Quick answers - What is the PIN code of Avikkarai?613202 - How far is Avikkarai from Thanjavur?14 km by road - What is the population of Avikkarai?1,162 (Census 2011) - Which district is Avikkarai in?Thanjavur district (Thiruvaiyaru sub-district), Tamil Nadu - What is the literacy rate of Avikkarai?86.4% (Census 2011)