# Kalingappatti Village, Sankarankoil, Tirunelveli (Tamil Nadu)

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Village · Sankarankoil, Tirunelveli 

# Kalingappatti

Kalingappatti is a village in Sankarankoil sub-district of Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **627724**. The 2011 Census counted **6,537 people in 1,775 households**, the 9th largest of 83 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.6%.

- 6,537people (2011)
- 1,775households
- 73.7%literacy
- 627724PIN code

## Kalingappatti PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kalingappatti is 627724.** Kalingappatti falls in Sankarankoil sub-district, Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code627724
- Gram panchayatKalingapatti
- Community development blockKuruvikulam
- Census village code642643

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

## How far is Kalingappatti from nearby towns?

- Sankarankoil (sub-district HQ)18 km by road
- Tirunelveli (district HQ)63 km by road
- Thiruvenkadam (nearest town)6 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 Kalingappatti?

25 services counted by the Census are inside Kalingappatti; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 4 govt · 4 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college10+ km · Kovilpatti
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Kuruvikulam
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- 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 Kalingappatti known for?

The main crops are **corn, sugarcane and banana**. About 49% of the 2,766 hectares of village land is sown, and 136 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 Kalingappatti

Of every 100 households in Kalingappatti in 2011, 93 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 23 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 19 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kalingappatti · ■ Sankarankoil rural average

Electricity for lighting ****93%**

**93%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**80%

Tap water ****96%**

**93%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****23%**

**23%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****74%**

**73%

Use banking services ****84%**

**46%

Television ****90%**

**84%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****19%**

**20%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****6%**

**8%

Own their home ****91%**

**91%

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 Kalingappatti?

■ Kalingappatti · ■ Sankarankoil rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.7%**

**73.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1016**

**1027

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****942**

**968

Working population ****51.6%**

**54.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.4% for men and 64.3% for women. 59% of men and 44% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 244 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 2,115 (63%) · **■** Household industry 42 (1%) · **■** Other work 647 (19%) · **■** Marginal 326 (10%)

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 Sankarankoil

- Veerasigamani8,140 people
- Palankottai7,915 people
- Vanniconendal7,722 people
- Ariyanayagipuram6,956 people
- Therkku Sankarankovil6,437 people
- Kuruvikulam6,327 people
- Kulasekaramangalam6,212 people
- Vadakkuppanaivadali6,176 people

[All 85 villages in Sankarankoil](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/tirunelveli/sankarankoil/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kalingappatti?627724
- How far is Kalingappatti from Tirunelveli?63 km by road
- What is the population of Kalingappatti?6,537 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalingappatti in?Tirunelveli district (Sankarankoil sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Kalingappatti?73.7% (Census 2011)
