# Gengapuram Village, Vandavasi, Tiruvannamalai (Tamil Nadu)

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Village · Vandavasi, Tiruvannamalai 

# Gengapuram

Gengapuram is a village in Vandavasi sub-district of Tiruvannamalai district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **632313**. The 2011 Census counted **2,708 people in 672 households**, the 17th largest of 203 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 2,708people (2011)
- 672households
- 74.2%literacy
- 632313PIN code

## Gengapuram PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Gengapuram is 632313.** Gengapuram falls in Vandavasi sub-district, Tiruvannamalai district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code632313
- Gram panchayatGengapuram
- Community development blockPeranamallur
- Census village code631485

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

## How far is Gengapuram from nearby towns?

- Vandavasi (sub-district HQ)35 km by road
- Tiruvannamalai (district HQ)62 km by road
- Arani (nearest town)13 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 Gengapuram?

15 services counted by the Census are inside Gengapuram; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●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
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Kolappalur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Irumbedu
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Chetpet
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- 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 Gengapuram known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 40% of the 758 hectares of village land is sown, and 212 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 Gengapuram

Of every 100 households in Gengapuram in 2011, 95 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gengapuram · ■ Vandavasi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****95%**

**93%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**86%

Tap water ****95%**

**89%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**17%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**81%

Use banking services ****52%**

**44%

Television ****91%**

**88%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**21%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****5%**

**6%

Own their home ****94%**

**96%

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 Gengapuram?

■ Gengapuram · ■ Vandavasi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.2%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1006**

**1000

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****882**

**974

Working population ****54.6%**

**54.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.1% for men and 63.5% for women. 62% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 461 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 684 (46%) · **■** Household industry 11 (1%) · **■** Other work 201 (14%) · **■** Marginal 122 (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 Vandavasi

- Veliambakkam3,077 people
- Puthur3,022 people
- Elangadu2,920 people
- Osur2,867 people
- Irumbedu2,681 people
- Avaniyapuram2,638 people
- Salavedu2,493 people
- Kovalaivedu2,477 people

[All 210 villages in Vandavasi](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/tiruvannamalai/vandavasi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Gengapuram?632313
- How far is Gengapuram from Tiruvannamalai?62 km by road
- What is the population of Gengapuram?2,708 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gengapuram in?Tiruvannamalai district (Vandavasi sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Gengapuram?74.2% (Census 2011)