# Maravapalayam Village, Kangeyam, Tiruppur (Tamil Nadu)

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Village · Kangeyam, Tiruppur 

# Maravapalayam

Maravapalayam is a village in Kangeyam sub-district of Tiruppur district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **638701**. The 2011 Census counted **2,679 people in 852 households**, the 22nd largest of 39 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.3%.

- 2,679people (2011)
- 852households
- 68.9%literacy
- 638701PIN code

## Maravapalayam PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Maravapalayam is 638701.** Maravapalayam falls in Kangeyam sub-district, Tiruppur district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code638701
- Gram panchayatMaravapalayam
- Community development blockKangeyam
- Census village code644598

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

## How far is Maravapalayam from nearby towns?

- Kangeyam (sub-district HQ)15 km by road
- Tiruppur (district HQ)25 km by road
- Chennimalai (nearest town)8 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 Maravapalayam?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn 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 · Padiyur
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Thittuparai
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Padiyur
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office10+ 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 · 8 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 Maravapalayam known for?

The main crops are **sugarcane, turmeric and coconut**. Products made here include jaggery, dry coconut and coir. About 63% of the 1,203 hectares of village land is sown, and 448 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 Maravapalayam

Of every 100 households in Maravapalayam in 2011, 90 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 37 cooked with LPG; 61 had a mobile phone, 47 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Maravapalayam · ■ Kangeyam rural average

Electricity for lighting ****90%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**29%

No toilet (open defecation) ****71%**

**69%

Tap water ****74%**

**62%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**10%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****37%**

**53%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****59%**

**41%

Use banking services ****67%**

**47%

Television ****86%**

**87%

Mobile phone ****61%**

**66%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****47%**

**54%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**5%

None of these assets ****7%**

**5%

Own their home ****93%**

**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 Maravapalayam?

■ Maravapalayam · ■ Kangeyam rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.9%**

**68.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1017**

**1000

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****766**

**925

Working population ****62.2%**

**61.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.3% for men and 58.9% for women. 68% of men and 57% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 480 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 707 (42%) · **■** Household industry 30 (2%) · **■** Other work 373 (22%) · **■** Marginal 75 (5%)

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 Kangeyam

- Rasathivalavu2,987 people
- Alambadi2,714 people
- Naalroad2,695 people
- Keeranur2,680 people
- Padiyur2,628 people
- Palayakottai2,618 people
- Kathanganni2,221 people
- Mudalipalayam2,141 people

[All 39 villages in Kangeyam](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/tiruppur/kangeyam/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Maravapalayam?638701
- How far is Maravapalayam from Tiruppur?25 km by road
- What is the population of Maravapalayam?2,679 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maravapalayam in?Tiruppur district (Kangeyam sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Maravapalayam?68.9% (Census 2011)