# Grant Lyon Village, Mathavaram, Thiruvallur (Tamil Nadu)

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Village · Mathavaram, Thiruvallur 

# Grant Lyon

Grant Lyon is a village in Mathavaram sub-district of Thiruvallur district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **600052**. The 2011 Census counted **3,074 people in 774 households**, the 3rd largest of 14 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 84.0%.

- 3,074people (2011)
- 774households
- 86.0%literacy
- 600052PIN code

## Grant Lyon PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Grant Lyon is 600052.** Grant Lyon falls in Mathavaram sub-district, Thiruvallur district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code600052
- Gram panchayatGrant Lyon
- Community development blockPuzhal
- Census village code629190

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

## How far is Grant Lyon from nearby towns?

- Mathavaram (sub-district HQ)5 km by road
- Thiruvallur (district HQ)40 km by road
- Puzhal (nearest town)2 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 Grant Lyon?

18 services counted by the Census are inside Grant Lyon; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●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
- ●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 · Vadagarai
- ○Degree college10+ km · Chennai
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Naravarikuppam
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)12 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.

## Homes and amenities in Grant Lyon

Of every 100 households in Grant Lyon in 2011, 97 had electricity, 73 a toilet at home and 52 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 36 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Grant Lyon · ■ Mathavaram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****97%**

**96%

Toilet within the home ****73%**

**48%

No toilet (open defecation) ****19%**

**50%

Tap water ****96%**

**85%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****52%**

**56%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****30%**

**32%

Use banking services ****51%**

**41%

Television ****92%**

**88%

Mobile phone ****68%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****36%**

**36%

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

**2%

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

**5%

Own their home ****67%**

**78%

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 Grant Lyon?

■ Grant Lyon · ■ Mathavaram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.0%**

**84.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****964**

**990

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****856**

**958

Working population ****46.2%**

**39.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.7% for men and 79.2% for women. 63% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 16 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 107 (8%) · **■** Household industry 56 (4%) · **■** Other work 1,190 (84%) · **■** Marginal 51 (4%)

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 Mathavaram

- Vilangadupakkam5,668 people
- Sadayankuppam5,348 people
- Kadapakkam2,941 people
- Ariyalur2,693 people
- Vadagarai2,672 people
- Vadaperumbakkam1,682 people

[All 17 villages in Mathavaram](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/thiruvallur/mathavaram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Grant Lyon?600052
- How far is Grant Lyon from Thiruvallur?40 km by road
- What is the population of Grant Lyon?3,074 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Grant Lyon in?Thiruvallur district (Mathavaram sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Grant Lyon?86.0% (Census 2011)
