# Karkudi Village, Thiruvaiyaru, Thanjavur (Tamil Nadu)

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Village · Thiruvaiyaru, Thanjavur 

# Karkudi

Karkudi is a village in Thiruvaiyaru sub-district of Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **613204**. The 2011 Census counted **2,750 people in 721 households**, the 15th largest of 75 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 83.0%.

- 2,750people (2011)
- 721households
- 82.3%literacy
- 613204PIN code

## Karkudi PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Karkudi is 613204.** Karkudi falls in Thiruvaiyaru sub-district, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code613204
- Gram panchayatKarkudi , Thillaisthanam
- Community development blockThiruvaiyaru
- Census village code638694

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

## How far is Karkudi from nearby towns?

- Thiruvaiyaru (sub-district HQ)1 km by road
- Thanjavur (district HQ)14 km by road
- Thiruvaiyaru (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 Karkudi?

15 services counted by the Census are inside Karkudi; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn 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
- ●Public libraryIn 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

### 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 Karkudi known for?

The main crops are **paddy, banana and sugarcane**. About 82% of the 256 hectares of village land is sown, and 206 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 Karkudi

Of every 100 households in Karkudi in 2011, 98 had electricity, 41 a toilet at home and 49 cooked with LPG; 74 had a mobile phone, 21 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Karkudi · ■ Thiruvaiyaru rural average

Electricity for lighting ****98%**

**95%

Toilet within the home ****41%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****59%**

**70%

Tap water ****50%**

**70%

Drinking water within premises ****50%**

**30%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****49%**

**27%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****50%**

**72%

Use banking services ****44%**

**40%

Television ****92%**

**90%

Mobile phone ****74%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****21%**

**21%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****4%**

**5%

Own their home ****83%**

**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 Karkudi?

■ Karkudi · ■ Thiruvaiyaru rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.3%**

**83.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1033**

**1020

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1243**

**939

Working population ****37.6%**

**42.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.7% for men and 74.9% for women. 59% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 54 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 404 (39%) · **■** Household industry 20 (2%) · **■** Other work 439 (42%) · **■** Marginal 117 (11%)

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

- Kalyanapuram II Sethi2,864 people
- Varagur2,833 people
- Konerirajapuram2,808 people
- Kandamangalam2,768 people
- Vishnampettai2,655 people
- Alamelupuram2,519 people
- Valappakudi2,420 people
- Tiruchotruthurai2,373 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Karkudi?613204
- How far is Karkudi from Thanjavur?14 km by road
- What is the population of Karkudi?2,750 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karkudi in?Thanjavur district (Thiruvaiyaru sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Karkudi?82.3% (Census 2011)