# Kinnakkorai Village, Kundah, The Nilgiris (Tamil Nadu)

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Village · Kundah, The Nilgiris 

# Kinnakkorai

Kinnakkorai is a village in Kundah sub-district of The Nilgiris district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **643219**. The 2011 Census counted **1,306 people in 475 households**, the 5th largest of 5 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 82.6%.

- 1,306people (2011)
- 475households
- 78.5%literacy
- 643219PIN code

## Kinnakkorai PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kinnakkorai is 643219.** Kinnakkorai falls in Kundah sub-district, The Nilgiris district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code643219
- Gram panchayatKundah
- Community development blockUdhagamandalam
- Census village code635121

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

## How far is Kinnakkorai from nearby towns?

- Kundah (sub-district HQ)29 km by road
- Udhagamandalam (district HQ)60 km by road
- Keel Kundah (nearest town)28 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 Kinnakkorai?

20 services counted by the Census are inside Kinnakkorai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn 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

- ○Degree college10+ km · Udhagamandalam
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Coonoor
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water and covered wells
- Electricity (2011)24 h summer · 24 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 Kinnakkorai known for?

The main crops are **tea**. About 10% of the 2,013 hectares of village land is sown.

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

## Homes and amenities in Kinnakkorai

Of every 100 households in Kinnakkorai in 2011, 95 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 17 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kinnakkorai · ■ Kundah rural average

Electricity for lighting ****95%**

**94%

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

**35%

No toilet (open defecation) ****72%**

**57%

Tap water ****98%**

**92%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****17%**

**39%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****74%**

**57%

Use banking services ****27%**

**48%

Television ****92%**

**94%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**3%

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

**2%

Own their home ****76%**

**74%

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 Kinnakkorai?

■ Kinnakkorai · ■ Kundah rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.5%**

**82.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1159**

**1072

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1296**

**1017

Working population ****54.1%**

**59.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.8% for men and 69.7% for women. 63% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 9 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 33 (5%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 645 (91%) · **■** Marginal 18 (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 Kundah

- Balacola13,622 people
- Ithalar9,876 people
- Mulligoor4,647 people
- Melkundah2,106 people

[All 5 villages in Kundah](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/the-nilgiris/kundah/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kinnakkorai?643219
- How far is Kinnakkorai from Udhagamandalam?60 km by road
- What is the population of Kinnakkorai?1,306 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kinnakkorai in?The Nilgiris district (Kundah sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Kinnakkorai?78.5% (Census 2011)
