# Ramarajapuram Village, Sankarapuram, Viluppuram (Tamil Nadu)

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Village · Sankarapuram, Viluppuram 

# Ramarajapuram

Ramarajapuram is a village in Sankarapuram sub-district of Viluppuram district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **606402**. The 2011 Census counted **1,370 people in 319 households**, the 114th largest of 178 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.5%.

- 1,370people (2011)
- 319households
- 70.5%literacy
- 606402PIN code

## Ramarajapuram PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Ramarajapuram is 606402.** Ramarajapuram falls in Sankarapuram sub-district, Viluppuram district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code606402
- Gram panchayatRamarajapuram
- Community development blockSankarapuram
- Census village code633346

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

## How far is Ramarajapuram from nearby towns?

- Sankarapuram (sub-district HQ)6 km by road
- Viluppuram (district HQ)8 km by road
- Sankarapuram (nearest town)6 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 Ramarajapuram?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public 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
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Sankarapuram
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Viriyur
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Sankarapuram
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, covered wells and hand pumps
- Electricity (2011)10 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 Ramarajapuram known for?

The main crops are **paddy, sugarcane and corn**. About 71% of the 221 hectares of village land is sown, and 135 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 Ramarajapuram

Of every 100 households in Ramarajapuram in 2011, 95 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 25 cooked with LPG; 69 had a mobile phone, 22 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ramarajapuram · ■ Sankarapuram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****95%**

**92%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**87%

Tap water ****96%**

**78%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****25%**

**21%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****73%**

**77%

Use banking services ****62%**

**49%

Television ****83%**

**76%

Mobile phone ****69%**

**61%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****22%**

**20%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****6%**

**10%

Own their home ****85%**

**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 Ramarajapuram?

■ Ramarajapuram · ■ Sankarapuram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.5%**

**63.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1021**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****989**

**939

Working population ****45.8%**

**52.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.6% for men and 60.6% for women. 60% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 124 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 195 (31%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 57 (9%) · **■** Marginal 247 (39%)

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

- Velanandal1,411 people
- Arumbarambattu1,410 people
- Pavandur1,397 people
- Rayasamudram1,387 people
- Sivapuram1,352 people
- Thoradipattu1,326 people
- Varam1,322 people
- Erudayampattu1,304 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Ramarajapuram?606402
- How far is Ramarajapuram from Viluppuram?8 km by road
- What is the population of Ramarajapuram?1,370 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ramarajapuram in?Viluppuram district (Sankarapuram sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Ramarajapuram?70.5% (Census 2011)