# Kovilporaiyur Village, Gingee, Viluppuram (Tamil Nadu)

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Village · Gingee, Viluppuram 

# Kovilporaiyur

Kovilporaiyur is a village in Gingee sub-district of Viluppuram district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **604201**. The 2011 Census counted **4,127 people in 1,023 households**, the 13th largest of 236 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 71.5%.

- 4,127people (2011)
- 1,023households
- 70.6%literacy
- 604201PIN code

## Kovilporaiyur PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kovilporaiyur is 604201.** Kovilporaiyur falls in Gingee sub-district, Viluppuram district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code604201
- Gram panchayatKovilporaiyur
- Community development blockMelmalayanur
- Census village code632316

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

## How far is Kovilporaiyur from nearby towns?

- Gingee (sub-district HQ)27 km by road
- Viluppuram (district HQ)67 km by road
- Kilpennathur (nearest town)10 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 Kovilporaiyur?

16 services counted by the Census are inside Kovilporaiyur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●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
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Avalurpettai
- ○Degree college10+ km · Tiruvannamalai
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Avalurpettai
- ○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

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, hand pumps 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 Kovilporaiyur known for?

The main crops are **paddy, ground nut and sugarcane**. About 81% of the 850 hectares of village land is sown, and 685 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 Kovilporaiyur

Of every 100 households in Kovilporaiyur in 2011, 88 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 64 had a mobile phone, 19 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kovilporaiyur · ■ Gingee rural average

Electricity for lighting ****88%**

**92%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**86%

Tap water ****68%**

**80%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**16%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**82%

Use banking services ****46%**

**45%

Television ****75%**

**85%

Mobile phone ****64%**

**58%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****19%**

**16%

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

**1%

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

**6%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Kovilporaiyur?

■ Kovilporaiyur · ■ Gingee rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.6%**

**71.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1056**

**986

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1020**

**931

Working population ****59.3%**

**56.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.0% for men and 60.9% for women. 63% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 1,053 (43%) · **■** Farm labourers 328 (13%) · **■** Other work 187 (8%) · **■** Marginal 881 (36%)

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

- Semmedu4,545 people
- Narasingarayanpettai4,527 people
- Vailamur4,332 people
- Kanakkankuppam4,239 people
- Valathi4,060 people
- Kottaipoondi4,047 people
- Modaiyur3,878 people
- Devadanampettai3,871 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kovilporaiyur?604201
- How far is Kovilporaiyur from Viluppuram?67 km by road
- What is the population of Kovilporaiyur?4,127 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kovilporaiyur in?Viluppuram district (Gingee sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Kovilporaiyur?70.6% (Census 2011)