# Kilkaranai Village, Tindivanam, Viluppuram (Tamil Nadu)

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Village · Tindivanam, Viluppuram 

# Kilkaranai

Kilkaranai is a village in Tindivanam sub-district of Viluppuram district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **604307**. The 2011 Census counted **567 people in 142 households**, the 173rd largest of 218 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 72.1%.

- 567people (2011)
- 142households
- 71.4%literacy
- 604307PIN code

## Kilkaranai PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kilkaranai is 604307.** Kilkaranai falls in Tindivanam sub-district, Viluppuram district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code604307
- Gram panchayatPurangarai
- Community development blockOlakkur
- Census village code632547

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

## How far is Kilkaranai from nearby towns?

- Tindivanam (sub-district HQ)7 km by road
- Viluppuram (district HQ)46 km by road
- Tindivanam (nearest town)7 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 Kilkaranai?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●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
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Olakkur Melpadi
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Olakkur Kilpadi
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Mailam
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, covered wells and hand pumps
- Electricity (2011)4 h summer · 3 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 Kilkaranai known for?

The main crops are **paddy, ground nut and sugarcane**. About 53% of the 133 hectares of village land is sown, and 50 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 Kilkaranai

Of every 100 households in Kilkaranai in 2011, 93 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 92 cooked with LPG; 66 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kilkaranai · ■ Tindivanam rural average

Electricity for lighting ****93%**

**93%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**83%

Tap water ****91%**

**79%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**9%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****92%**

**23%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****7%**

**74%

Use banking services ****54%**

**40%

Television ****90%**

**88%

Mobile phone ****66%**

**61%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**21%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****5%**

**6%

Own their home ****100%**

**95%

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 Kilkaranai?

■ Kilkaranai · ■ Tindivanam rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.4%**

**72.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****916**

**997

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****795**

**976

Working population ****60.8%**

**50.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.9% for men and 59.2% for women. 65% of men and 57% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 105 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 104 (30%) · **■** Household industry 11 (3%) · **■** Other work 75 (22%) · **■** Marginal 50 (14%)

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 Tindivanam

- Mavilangai638 people
- V. Panchalam607 people
- Palapattu592 people
- Kilmalayanur571 people
- Neduntondi553 people
- Ariyankuppam546 people
- Urani546 people
- Tennampundi543 people

[All 223 villages in Tindivanam](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/viluppuram/tindivanam/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kilkaranai?604307
- How far is Kilkaranai from Viluppuram?46 km by road
- What is the population of Kilkaranai?567 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kilkaranai in?Viluppuram district (Tindivanam sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Kilkaranai?71.4% (Census 2011)
