# Ayyakottaiyur Village, Ettayapuram, Thoothukkudi (Tamil Nadu)

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Village · Ettayapuram, Thoothukkudi 

# Ayyakottaiyur

Ayyakottaiyur is a village in Ettayapuram sub-district of Thoothukkudi district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **626205**. The 2011 Census counted **421 people in 126 households**, the 45th largest of 55 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.3%.

- 421people (2011)
- 126households
- 80.9%literacy
- 626205PIN code

## Ayyakottaiyur PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Ayyakottaiyur is 626205.** Ayyakottaiyur falls in Ettayapuram sub-district, Thoothukkudi district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code626205
- Gram panchayatAyyakottaiyur
- Community development blockKovilpatti
- Census village code642257

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

## How far is Ayyakottaiyur from nearby towns?

- Ettayapuram (sub-district HQ)17 km by road
- Thoothukkudi (district HQ)58 km by road
- Kovilpatti (nearest town)14 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 Ayyakottaiyur?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Ayyakottaiyur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Uppathur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Kovilpatti
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Kovilpatti
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water and untreated tap water
- Electricity (2011)12 h summer · 12 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 Ayyakottaiyur known for?

The main crops are **chilli, maize and cotton**. About 14% of the 266 hectares of village land is sown, and 30 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 Ayyakottaiyur

Of every 100 households in Ayyakottaiyur in 2011, 98 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 51 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ayyakottaiyur · ■ Ettayapuram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****98%**

**92%

Toilet within the home ****21%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**87%

Tap water ****100%**

**79%

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

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****51%**

**32%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****48%**

**65%

Use banking services ****14%**

**40%

Television ****86%**

**83%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**58%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

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

**9%

Own their home ****81%**

**86%

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 Ayyakottaiyur?

■ Ayyakottaiyur · ■ Ettayapuram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.9%**

**75.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1054**

**1061

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****950**

**986

Working population ****62.5%**

**55.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.7% for men and 72.6% for women. 56% of men and 69% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 48 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 142 (54%) · **■** Other work 71 (27%) · **■** Marginal 2 (1%)

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 Ettayapuram

- T.Shanmugapuram624 people
- Singilipatti492 people
- Tholmalaipatti492 people
- Thangammalpuram435 people
- Keelnattukurichi391 people
- Thalaikattupuram383 people
- Nakkala Kattai353 people
- Sakkilipatti337 people

[All 55 villages in Ettayapuram](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/thoothukkudi/ettayapuram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Ayyakottaiyur?626205
- How far is Ayyakottaiyur from Thoothukkudi?58 km by road
- What is the population of Ayyakottaiyur?421 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ayyakottaiyur in?Thoothukkudi district (Ettayapuram sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Ayyakottaiyur?80.9% (Census 2011)