# Kanakkandal Village, Thandrampet, Tiruvannamalai (Tamil Nadu)

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Village · Thandrampet, Tiruvannamalai 

# Kanakkandal

Kanakkandal is a village in Thandrampet sub-district of Tiruvannamalai district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **606707**. The 2011 Census counted **1,529 people in 371 households**, the 44th largest of 66 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.8%.

- 1,529people (2011)
- 371households
- 77.2%literacy
- 606707PIN code

## Kanakkandal PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kanakkandal is 606707.** Kanakkandal falls in Thandrampet sub-district, Tiruvannamalai district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code606707
- Gram panchayatKanakkandal
- Community development blockThandrampet
- Census village code631984

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

## How far is Kanakkandal from nearby towns?

- Thandrampet (sub-district HQ)12 km by road
- Tiruvannamalai (district HQ)16 km by road
- Tiruvannamalai (nearest town)16 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 Kanakkandal?

14 services counted by the Census are inside Kanakkandal; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●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
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Kannakurkkai
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Kannakurkkai
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Thandrampet
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, covered wells and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)12 h summer · 12 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 Kanakkandal known for?

The main crops are **paddy, ground nut and sugarcane**. Products made here include rice and jaggery. About 54% of the 356 hectares of village land is sown, and 158 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 Kanakkandal

Of every 100 households in Kanakkandal in 2011, 84 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 69 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kanakkandal · ■ Thandrampet rural average

Electricity for lighting ****84%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**13%

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

**85%

Tap water ****98%**

**89%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**25%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**17%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**81%

Use banking services ****55%**

**47%

Television ****79%**

**86%

Mobile phone ****69%**

**62%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**18%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**6%

Own their home ****98%**

**94%

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 Kanakkandal?

■ Kanakkandal · ■ Thandrampet rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.2%**

**66.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****931**

**992

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****938**

**920

Working population ****64.5%**

**53.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.5% for men and 67.2% for women. 64% of men and 65% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 172 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 675 (68%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 82 (8%) · **■** Marginal 51 (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 Thandrampet

- Melpasar1,648 people
- Perunduraipattu1,618 people
- Sadakuppam1,590 people
- Kambattu1,573 people
- Olagalapadi1,398 people
- Allappanur1,395 people
- Melsinipakkam1,360 people
- Kilpasar1,342 people

[All 73 villages in Thandrampet](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/tiruvannamalai/thandrampet/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kanakkandal?606707
- How far is Kanakkandal from Tiruvannamalai?16 km by road
- What is the population of Kanakkandal?1,529 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanakkandal in?Tiruvannamalai district (Thandrampet sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Kanakkandal?77.2% (Census 2011)