# Eranji Village, Kallakkurichi, Viluppuram (Tamil Nadu)

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Village · Kallakkurichi, Viluppuram 

# Eranji

Eranji is a village in Kallakkurichi sub-district of Viluppuram district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **606305**. The 2011 Census counted **1,357 people in 338 households**, the 113th largest of 149 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 67.1%.

- 1,357people (2011)
- 338households
- 69.7%literacy
- 606305PIN code

## Eranji PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Eranji is 606305.** Eranji falls in Kallakkurichi sub-district, Viluppuram district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code606305
- Gram panchayatEranji
- Community development blockThiyagadurgam
- Census village code633494

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

## How far is Eranji from nearby towns?

- Kallakkurichi (sub-district HQ)30 km by road
- Viluppuram (district HQ)60 km by road
- Ulundurpettai (nearest town)16 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 Eranji?

18 services counted by the Census are inside Eranji; 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
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●National highwayIn 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
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Chepakkam
- ○Degree college10+ km · Kallakurichi
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Ulundurpettai
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)2 h summer · 1 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 Eranji known for?

The main crops are **paddy and sugarcane**. About 49% of the 579 hectares of village land is sown, and 113 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 Eranji

Of every 100 households in Eranji in 2011, 95 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 18 cooked with LPG; 81 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Eranji · ■ Kallakkurichi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****95%**

**94%

Toilet within the home ****36%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**87%

Tap water ****86%**

**74%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****18%**

**24%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****77%**

**73%

Use banking services ****75%**

**50%

Television ****86%**

**84%

Mobile phone ****81%**

**66%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**23%

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

**1%

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

**7%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Eranji?

■ Eranji · ■ Kallakkurichi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.7%**

**67.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1001**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****765**

**918

Working population ****59.2%**

**54.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.7% for men and 57.1% for women. 58% of men and 60% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 48 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 125 (16%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 126 (16%) · **■** Marginal 504 (63%)

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 Kallakkurichi

- Esandai1,472 people
- Virabayankaram1,467 people
- Kilkuppam1,447 people
- Sathanur1,430 people
- Lachiyam1,329 people
- Kurur1,326 people
- Karunguli1,325 people
- V. Krishnapuram1,229 people

[All 154 villages in Kallakkurichi](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/viluppuram/kallakkurichi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Eranji?606305
- How far is Eranji from Viluppuram?60 km by road
- What is the population of Eranji?1,357 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Eranji in?Viluppuram district (Kallakkurichi sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Eranji?69.7% (Census 2011)