# Kodukankuppam Village, Gingee, Viluppuram (Tamil Nadu)

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Village · Gingee, Viluppuram 

# Kodukankuppam

Kodukankuppam is a village in Gingee sub-district of Viluppuram district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **604204**. The 2011 Census counted **1,649 people in 394 households**, the 87th largest of 236 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.5%.

- 1,649people (2011)
- 394households
- 75.5%literacy
- 604204PIN code

## Kodukankuppam PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kodukankuppam is 604204.** Kodukankuppam falls in Gingee sub-district, Viluppuram district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code604204
- Gram panchayatKodukankuppam
- Community development blockMelmalayanur
- Census village code632308

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

## How far is Kodukankuppam from nearby towns?

- Gingee (sub-district HQ)23 km by road
- Viluppuram (district HQ)60 km by road
- Gingee (nearest town)23 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 Kodukankuppam?

14 services counted by the Census are inside Kodukankuppam; 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 · Melmalaiyanur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Annamangalam
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Avalurpettai
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)19 h summer · 20 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 Kodukankuppam known for?

The main crops are **paddy, sugarcane and ground nut**. Products made here include rice, jaggery and oil. About 79% of the 351 hectares of village land is sown, and 175 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 Kodukankuppam

Of every 100 households in Kodukankuppam in 2011, 90 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kodukankuppam · ■ Gingee rural average

Electricity for lighting ****90%**

**92%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**86%

Tap water ****67%**

**80%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**8%

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

**16%

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

**82%

Use banking services ****59%**

**45%

Television ****81%**

**85%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**58%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**16%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**6%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Kodukankuppam?

■ Kodukankuppam · ■ Gingee rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.5%**

**71.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****996**

**986

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1080**

**931

Working population ****60.2%**

**56.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.9% for men and 62.0% for women. 66% of men and 55% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 858 (86%) · **■** Farm labourers 31 (3%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 79 (8%) · **■** Marginal 22 (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 Gingee

- Minamur1,741 people
- Sorattur1,693 people
- Odiyathur1,678 people
- Pullipattu1,650 people
- Jambodi1,646 people
- Puduppattu1,636 people
- Arugavur1,634 people
- Pothuvoy1,626 people

[All 246 villages in Gingee](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/viluppuram/gingee/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kodukankuppam?604204
- How far is Kodukankuppam from Viluppuram?60 km by road
- What is the population of Kodukankuppam?1,649 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kodukankuppam in?Viluppuram district (Gingee sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Kodukankuppam?75.5% (Census 2011)