# Kamalapuram Village, Vilathikulam, Thoothukkudi (Tamil Nadu) > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/thoothukkudi/vilathikulam/kamalapuram/ Village · Vilathikulam, Thoothukkudi # Kamalapuram Kamalapuram is a village in Vilathikulam sub-district of Thoothukkudi district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **628907**. The 2011 Census counted **1,730 people in 508 households**, the 20th largest of 83 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 78.4%. - 1,730people (2011) - 508households - 79.4%literacy - 628907PIN code ## Kamalapuram PIN code and other codes **The PIN code of Kamalapuram is 628907.** Kamalapuram falls in Vilathikulam sub-district, Thoothukkudi district, Tamil Nadu. - PIN code628907 - Gram panchayatKamalapuram - Community development blockVilathikulam - Census village code642359 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Kamalapuram from nearby towns? - Vilathikulam (sub-district HQ)3 km by road - Thoothukkudi (district HQ)52 km by road - Vilathikulam (nearest town)3 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 Kamalapuram? 14 services counted by the Census are inside Kamalapuram; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 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 - ●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 - ●Polling stationIn village ### Nearest outside - ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Vilathikulam - ○Degree college10+ km · Kovilpatti - ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Nagalapuram - ○Primary health centreunder 5 km - ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km - ○Dispensaryunder 5 km - ○Post officeunder 5 km - ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km - ○Railway station10+ km - ○ATMunder 5 km - ○Commercial bankunder 5 km - ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km - ○Public libraryunder 5 km ### Water and power - Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water and canal / river - Electricity (2011)20 h summer · 24 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 Kamalapuram known for? The main crops are **chilli, maize and black gram**. Products made here include bricks. About 76% of the 518 hectares of village land is sown. Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## Homes and amenities in Kamalapuram Of every 100 households in Kamalapuram in 2011, 96 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 15 cooked with LPG; 73 had a mobile phone, 30 a two-wheeler and 2 a car. ■ Kamalapuram · ■ Vilathikulam rural average Electricity for lighting ****96%** **89% Toilet within the home ****18%** **16% No toilet (open defecation) ****82%** **82% Tap water ****97%** **75% Drinking water within premises ****3%** **4% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****15%** **21% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****82%** **76% Use banking services ****70%** **40% Television ****89%** **86% Mobile phone ****73%** **61% Computer with internet ****0%** **0% Two-wheeler ****30%** **17% Car / jeep / van ****2%** **1% None of these assets ****3%** **7% Own their home ****84%** **89% 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 Kamalapuram? ■ Kamalapuram · ■ Vilathikulam rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****79.4%** **78.4% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****922** **1007 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****802** **948 Working population ****56.6%** **56.4% ### Women and men Literacy is 87.4% for men and 70.8% for women. 64% of men and 48% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ********** **■** Cultivators 48 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 303 (31%) · **■** Household industry 14 (1%) · **■** Other work 482 (49%) · **■** Marginal 132 (13%) 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 Vilathikulam - Vowalthothi2,351 people - Madalapuram2,310 people - Goundampatti2,260 people - Melmandai1,926 people - K.Duraisamipuram1,653 people - Muthusamypuram1,645 people - Boothalapuram1,637 people - Nadukattur1,565 people [All 86 villages in Vilathikulam](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/thoothukkudi/vilathikulam/villages/) ## Quick answers - What is the PIN code of Kamalapuram?628907 - How far is Kamalapuram from Thoothukkudi?52 km by road - What is the population of Kamalapuram?1,730 (Census 2011) - Which district is Kamalapuram in?Thoothukkudi district (Vilathikulam sub-district), Tamil Nadu - What is the literacy rate of Kamalapuram?79.4% (Census 2011)