# Kannakkattai Village, Ettayapuram, Thoothukkudi (Tamil Nadu)

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Village · Ettayapuram, Thoothukkudi 

# Kannakkattai

Kannakkattai is a village in Ettayapuram sub-district of Thoothukkudi district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **628712**. The 2011 Census counted **1,069 people in 328 households**, the 23rd largest of 55 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.3%.

- 1,069people (2011)
- 328households
- 82.0%literacy
- 628712PIN code

## Kannakkattai PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kannakkattai is 628712.** Kannakkattai falls in Ettayapuram sub-district, Thoothukkudi district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code628712
- Gram panchayatKannakkattai
- Community development blockKayatharu
- Census village code642299

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

## How far is Kannakkattai from nearby towns?

- Ettayapuram (sub-district HQ)19 km by road
- Thoothukkudi (district HQ)38 km by road
- Ettayapuram (nearest town)19 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 Kannakkattai?

13 services counted by the Census are inside Kannakkattai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn 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 · Kattunayakkanpatti
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Nagampatti
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Kilaeral
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)22 h summer · 20 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 Kannakkattai known for?

The main crops are **whole green gram, black gram and chilli**. About 39% of the 1,037 hectares of village land is sown, and 91 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 Kannakkattai

Of every 100 households in Kannakkattai in 2011, 98 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 22 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kannakkattai · ■ Ettayapuram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****98%**

**92%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**87%

Tap water ****77%**

**79%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**32%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**65%

Use banking services ****31%**

**40%

Television ****85%**

**83%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**58%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****22%**

**17%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****3%**

**9%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Kannakkattai?

■ Kannakkattai · ■ Ettayapuram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.0%**

**75.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1096**

**1061

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1130**

**986

Working population ****61.4%**

**55.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.2% for men and 75.3% for women. 66% of men and 57% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 62 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 325 (50%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 132 (20%) · **■** Marginal 134 (20%)

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

- Pungavarnatham1,176 people
- Ettilappanaickenpatti1,146 people
- Meenakshipuram1,135 people
- Sinnamalaikkundru1,133 people
- Keelakarandai1,049 people
- Cholapuram1,047 people
- Velidupatti994 people
- Vedapatti989 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kannakkattai?628712
- How far is Kannakkattai from Thoothukkudi?38 km by road
- What is the population of Kannakkattai?1,069 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kannakkattai in?Thoothukkudi district (Ettayapuram sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Kannakkattai?82.0% (Census 2011)