# Pacheri Village, Sankarapuram, Viluppuram (Tamil Nadu)

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Village · Sankarapuram, Viluppuram 

# Pacheri

Pacheri is a village in Sankarapuram sub-district of Viluppuram district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **606401**. The 2011 Census counted **2,045 people in 473 households**, the 72nd largest of 178 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.5%.

- 2,045people (2011)
- 473households
- 54.3%literacy
- 606401PIN code

## Pacheri PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Pacheri is 606401.** Pacheri falls in Sankarapuram sub-district, Viluppuram district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code606401
- Gram panchayatPacheri
- Community development blockKalrayan Hills
- Census village code633273

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

## How far is Pacheri from nearby towns?

- Sankarapuram (sub-district HQ)20 km by road
- Viluppuram (district HQ)110 km by road
- Sankarapuram (nearest town)20 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 Pacheri?

18 services counted by the Census are inside Pacheri; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●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
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Arasampattu
- ○Degree college10+ km · Viriyur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Sankarapuram
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)22 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 Pacheri known for?

The main crops are **tapioca, paddy and bajra**. About 27% of the 1,795 hectares of village land is sown, and 112 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 Pacheri

Of every 100 households in Pacheri in 2011, 80 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pacheri · ■ Sankarapuram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****80%**

**92%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**87%

Tap water ****82%**

**78%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**8%

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

**21%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**77%

Use banking services ****21%**

**49%

Television ****84%**

**76%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**61%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**20%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**10%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Pacheri?

■ Pacheri · ■ Sankarapuram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.3%**

**63.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****970**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****980**

**939

Working population ****58.2%**

**52.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.1% for men and 44.1% for women. 61% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 804 (68%) · **■** Farm labourers 331 (28%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 37 (3%) · **■** Marginal 18 (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 Sankarapuram

- Pirividayampattu2,070 people
- Mandagappadi2,069 people
- Manalur2,066 people
- Melapalangur2,061 people
- Melapattu2,041 people
- Puzhayanur2,037 people
- Kalaiyanallur2,035 people
- Sathaputhur2,005 people

[All 187 villages in Sankarapuram](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/viluppuram/sankarapuram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Pacheri?606401
- How far is Pacheri from Viluppuram?110 km by road
- What is the population of Pacheri?2,045 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pacheri in?Viluppuram district (Sankarapuram sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Pacheri?54.3% (Census 2011)