# Tirakoil Village, Vandavasi, Tiruvannamalai (Tamil Nadu)

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Village · Vandavasi, Tiruvannamalai 

# Tirakoil

Tirakoil is a village in Vandavasi sub-district of Tiruvannamalai district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **604501**. The 2011 Census counted **1,013 people in 266 households**, the 127th largest of 203 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 1,013people (2011)
- 266households
- 76.7%literacy
- 604501PIN code

## Tirakoil PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Tirakoil is 604501.** Tirakoil falls in Vandavasi sub-district, Tiruvannamalai district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code604501
- Gram panchayatThirakoil
- Community development blockThellar
- Census village code631576

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

## How far is Tirakoil from nearby towns?

- Vandavasi (sub-district HQ)16 km by road
- Tiruvannamalai (district HQ)60 km by road
- Desur (nearest town)4 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 Tirakoil?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 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
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Desur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Thellar
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Ponnur
- ○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 and untreated tap water
- Electricity (2011)12 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 Tirakoil known for?

The main crops are **paddy, ground nut and sugarcane**. About 40% of the 696 hectares of village land is sown, and 43 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 Tirakoil

Of every 100 households in Tirakoil in 2011, 85 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 64 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tirakoil · ■ Vandavasi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****85%**

**93%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**86%

Tap water ****98%**

**89%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**17%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**81%

Use banking services ****62%**

**44%

Television ****78%**

**88%

Mobile phone ****64%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**21%

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

**1%

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

**6%

Own their home ****91%**

**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 Tirakoil?

■ Tirakoil · ■ Vandavasi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.7%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****986**

**1000

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1135**

**974

Working population ****56.6%**

**54.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.7% for men and 65.3% for women. 65% of men and 48% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 160 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 315 (55%) · **■** Other work 85 (15%) · **■** Marginal 13 (2%)

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

- Karam1,038 people
- Reddikuppam1,036 people
- Thellur1,025 people
- Agarakorakottai1,023 people
- Kodanallur1,009 people
- Kalyanapuram1,007 people
- Adiyanur997 people
- Arunkunam992 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Tirakoil?604501
- How far is Tirakoil from Tiruvannamalai?60 km by road
- What is the population of Tirakoil?1,013 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tirakoil in?Tiruvannamalai district (Vandavasi sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Tirakoil?76.7% (Census 2011)
