# Gurupuram Village, Uthukkottai, Thiruvallur (Tamil Nadu)

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Village · Uthukkottai, Thiruvallur 

# Gurupuram

Gurupuram is a village in Uthukkottai sub-district of Thiruvallur district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **601103**. The 2011 Census counted **601 people in 166 households**, the 67th largest of 91 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.5%.

- 601people (2011)
- 166households
- 55.9%literacy
- 601103PIN code

## Gurupuram PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Gurupuram is 601103.** Gurupuram falls in Uthukkottai sub-district, Thiruvallur district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code601103
- Gram panchayatMeyyur
- Community development blockPoondi
- Census village code628837

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

## How far is Gurupuram from nearby towns?

- Uthukkottai (sub-district HQ)12 km by road
- Thiruvallur (district HQ)21 km by road
- Uthukkottai (nearest town)12 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 Gurupuram?

4 services counted by the Census are inside Gurupuram; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Meyyur
- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Velliyur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Pandur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Thiruvallur
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water
- 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 Gurupuram known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 14% of the 202 hectares of village land is sown, and 12 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 Gurupuram

Of every 100 households in Gurupuram in 2011, 88 had electricity, 87 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 73 had a mobile phone, 23 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gurupuram · ■ Uthukkottai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****88%**

**94%

Toilet within the home ****87%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****13%**

**73%

Tap water ****0%**

**94%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**21%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**32%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**64%

Use banking services ****0%**

**38%

Television ****82%**

**90%

Mobile phone ****73%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****7%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****23%**

**21%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**5%

Own their home ****99%**

**94%

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 Gurupuram?

■ Gurupuram · ■ Uthukkottai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.9%**

**68.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1030**

**1021

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****778**

**960

Working population ****56.6%**

**50.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.5% for men and 49.6% for women. 59% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 38 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 168 (49%) · **■** Other work 28 (8%) · **■** Marginal 106 (31%)

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 Uthukkottai

- Devandavakkam637 people
- Kilakarmanur633 people
- Enambakkam629 people
- Gerugambakkam615 people
- Vadathillai598 people
- Perittivakkam565 people
- Thumbakkam553 people
- Annadanakkakavakkam532 people

[All 99 villages in Uthukkottai](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/thiruvallur/uthukkottai/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Gurupuram?601103
- How far is Gurupuram from Thiruvallur?21 km by road
- What is the population of Gurupuram?601 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gurupuram in?Thiruvallur district (Uthukkottai sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Gurupuram?55.9% (Census 2011)