# Virasamudram Village, Ambasamudram, Tirunelveli (Tamil Nadu)

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Village · Ambasamudram, Tirunelveli 

# Virasamudram

Virasamudram is a village in Ambasamudram sub-district of Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **627424**. The 2011 Census counted **1,654 people in 358 households**, the 39th largest of 56 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 82.2%.

- 1,654people (2011)
- 358households
- 86.6%literacy
- 627424PIN code

## Virasamudram PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Virasamudram is 627424.** Virasamudram falls in Ambasamudram sub-district, Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code627424
- Gram panchayatVirasamudram
- Community development blockKadayam
- Census village code642941

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

## How far is Virasamudram from nearby towns?

- Ambasamudram (sub-district HQ)18 km by road
- Tirunelveli (district HQ)50 km by road
- Alwarkurichi (nearest town)4 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 Virasamudram?

12 services counted by the Census are inside Virasamudram; 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
- ●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 schoolunder 5 km · Alwarkurichi
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Alwarkurichi
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Kadaiyam
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, hand pumps and canal / river
- 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 Virasamudram known for?

The main crops are **paddy, chinese potato and bengal gram**. Products made here include mat. About 57% of the 152 hectares of village land is sown, and 86 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 Virasamudram

Of every 100 households in Virasamudram in 2011, 97 had electricity, 57 a toilet at home and 63 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Virasamudram · ■ Ambasamudram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****97%**

**94%

Toilet within the home ****57%**

**42%

No toilet (open defecation) ****43%**

**50%

Tap water ****80%**

**93%

Drinking water within premises ****40%**

**37%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****63%**

**32%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****34%**

**63%

Use banking services ****62%**

**59%

Television ****70%**

**82%

Mobile phone ****58%**

**54%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**21%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****8%**

**7%

Own their home ****81%**

**84%

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 Virasamudram?

■ Virasamudram · ■ Ambasamudram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.6%**

**82.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1086**

**1025

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1010**

**965

Working population ****38.1%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.1% for men and 79.7% for women. 52% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 6 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (0%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 484 (77%) · **■** Marginal 133 (21%)

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 Ambasamudram

- Athalanallur1,901 people
- Karisalpatti1,897 people
- Sivasaailam1,837 people
- Singampatti1,782 people
- Govindapperi1,625 people
- Malaiyankulam1,619 people
- Kapaliparai1,597 people
- Tiruppudaimarudur1,211 people

[All 64 villages in Ambasamudram](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/tirunelveli/ambasamudram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Virasamudram?627424
- How far is Virasamudram from Tirunelveli?50 km by road
- What is the population of Virasamudram?1,654 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Virasamudram in?Tirunelveli district (Ambasamudram sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Virasamudram?86.6% (Census 2011)
