# Varagur Village, Thandrampet, Tiruvannamalai (Tamil Nadu)

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Village · Thandrampet, Tiruvannamalai 

# Varagur

Varagur is a village in Thandrampet sub-district of Tiruvannamalai district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **606753**. The 2011 Census counted **1,822 people in 440 households**, the 35th largest of 66 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.8%.

- 1,822people (2011)
- 440households
- 69.0%literacy
- 606753PIN code

## Varagur PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Varagur is 606753.** Varagur falls in Thandrampet sub-district, Tiruvannamalai district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code606753
- Gram panchayatVaragur
- Community development blockThandrampet
- Census village code632018

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

## How far is Varagur from nearby towns?

- Thandrampet (sub-district HQ)12 km by road
- Tiruvannamalai (district HQ)14 km by road
- Tiruvannamalai (nearest town)14 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 Varagur?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Vanapuram
- ○Degree college10+ km · Su.Kilnachipattu
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Thandrampet
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, covered wells and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)16 h summer · 16 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 Varagur known for?

The main crops are **paddy, ground nut and sugarcane**. Products made here include rice, oil and jaggery. About 57% of the 343 hectares of village land is sown, and 180 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 Varagur

Of every 100 households in Varagur in 2011, 84 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 70 cooked with LPG; 75 had a mobile phone, 23 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Varagur · ■ Thandrampet rural average

Electricity for lighting ****84%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**85%

Tap water ****84%**

**89%

Drinking water within premises ****35%**

**25%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****70%**

**17%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****30%**

**81%

Use banking services ****84%**

**47%

Television ****90%**

**86%

Mobile phone ****75%**

**62%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****23%**

**18%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****1%**

**6%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Varagur?

■ Varagur · ■ Thandrampet rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.0%**

**66.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****985**

**992

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****813**

**920

Working population ****56.0%**

**53.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.1% for men and 60.1% for women. 58% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 403 (39%) · **■** Farm labourers 393 (38%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 138 (14%) · **■** Marginal 85 (8%)

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

- Thiruvadathanur2,306 people
- Valavachanur2,214 people
- Veppurchekkadi2,210 people
- Perayampattu1,966 people
- Thondamanur1,761 people
- Keelamanjanoor1,701 people
- Serapattu1,675 people
- Puthurchekkadi1,663 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Varagur?606753
- How far is Varagur from Tiruvannamalai?14 km by road
- What is the population of Varagur?1,822 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Varagur in?Tiruvannamalai district (Thandrampet sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Varagur?69.0% (Census 2011)
