# Araikkulam Village, Ottapidaram, Thoothukkudi (Tamil Nadu)

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Village · Ottapidaram, Thoothukkudi 

# Araikkulam

Araikkulam is a village in Ottapidaram sub-district of Thoothukkudi district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **628401**. The 2011 Census counted **713 people in 203 households**, the 54th largest of 63 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 80.3%.

- 713people (2011)
- 203households
- 69.3%literacy
- 628401PIN code

## Araikkulam PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Araikkulam is 628401.** Araikkulam falls in Ottapidaram sub-district, Thoothukkudi district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code628401
- Gram panchayatAraikkulam
- Community development blockOttapidaram
- Census village code642416

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

## How far is Araikkulam from nearby towns?

- Ottapidaram (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Thoothukkudi (district HQ)36 km by road
- Thoothukkudi (nearest town)36 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 Araikkulam?

16 services counted by the Census are inside Araikkulam; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn 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 school5–10 km · Ottapidaram
- ○Degree college10+ km · Nagampatti
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Thoothukkudi
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water and untreated tap water
- Electricity (2011)21 h summer · 21 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 Araikkulam known for?

The main crops are **paddy, whole green gram and black gram**. About 48% of the 790 hectares of village land is sown, and 49 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 Araikkulam

Of every 100 households in Araikkulam in 2011, 87 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 47 cooked with LPG; 61 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Araikkulam · ■ Ottapidaram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****87%**

**92%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**80%

Tap water ****100%**

**76%

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

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****47%**

**24%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****52%**

**71%

Use banking services ****40%**

**46%

Television ****67%**

**84%

Mobile phone ****61%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**21%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****22%**

**8%

Own their home ****96%**

**87%

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 Araikkulam?

■ Araikkulam · ■ Ottapidaram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.3%**

**80.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****948**

**1003

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****762**

**960

Working population ****65.5%**

**50.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.2% for men and 62.2% for women. 63% of men and 68% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 6 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 375 (80%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 80 (17%) · **■** Marginal 4 (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 Ottapidaram

- Pudiyamputhur825 people
- Pattanamarudur805 people
- Kottali771 people
- Melapandiyapuram766 people
- P.Duraiswamipuram703 people
- Muramban696 people
- Govindapuram587 people
- Kumara Ettaiyapuram518 people

[All 63 villages in Ottapidaram](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/thoothukkudi/ottapidaram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Araikkulam?628401
- How far is Araikkulam from Thoothukkudi?36 km by road
- What is the population of Araikkulam?713 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Araikkulam in?Thoothukkudi district (Ottapidaram sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Araikkulam?69.3% (Census 2011)