# Rettanai Village, Tindivanam, Viluppuram (Tamil Nadu) > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/viluppuram/tindivanam/rettanai/ Village · Tindivanam, Viluppuram # Rettanai Rettanai is a village in Tindivanam sub-district of Viluppuram district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **604306**. The 2011 Census counted **7,816 people in 1,907 households**, the 2nd largest of 218 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 72.1%. - 7,816people (2011) - 1,907households - 70.6%literacy - 604306PIN code ## Rettanai PIN code and other codes **The PIN code of Rettanai is 604306.** Rettanai falls in Tindivanam sub-district, Viluppuram district, Tamil Nadu. - PIN code604306 - Gram panchayatRettanai - Community development blockMailam - Census village code632680 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Rettanai from nearby towns? - Tindivanam (sub-district HQ)16 km by road - Viluppuram (district HQ)32 km by road - Tindivanam (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 Rettanai? 30 services counted by the Census are inside Rettanai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 govt · 4 private - ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt · 2 private - ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt · 4 private - ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 2 private - ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 2 private - ●ITI / vocational schoolIn village · 1 private - ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 - ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Post officeIn village - ●Mobile phone coverageIn village - ●Internet / Common Service CentreIn village - ●Public bus serviceIn village - ●Private bus serviceIn village - ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village - ●All-weather roadIn village - ●Commercial bankIn 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 - ○Degree college10+ km · Tindivanam - ○Allopathic hospital10+ km - ○Railway station5–10 km - ○Mandi / regular market10+ km ### Water and power - Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes - Electricity (2011)20 h summer · 8 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 Rettanai known for? The main crops are **paddy, ground nut and casuarina**. Products made here include clay pots. About 61% of the 1,496 hectares of village land is sown, and 231 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 Rettanai Of every 100 households in Rettanai in 2011, 95 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 19 cooked with LPG; 62 had a mobile phone, 21 a two-wheeler and 1 a car. ■ Rettanai · ■ Tindivanam rural average Electricity for lighting ****95%** **93% Toilet within the home ****20%** **14% No toilet (open defecation) ****79%** **83% Tap water ****75%** **79% Drinking water within premises ****5%** **9% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****19%** **23% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****79%** **74% Use banking services ****47%** **40% Television ****93%** **88% Mobile phone ****62%** **61% Computer with internet ****4%** **1% Two-wheeler ****21%** **21% Car / jeep / van ****1%** **2% None of these assets ****3%** **6% Own their home ****94%** **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 Rettanai? ■ Rettanai · ■ Tindivanam rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****70.6%** **72.1% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****969** **997 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****984** **976 Working population ****58.5%** **50.3% ### Women and men Literacy is 79.8% for men and 61.0% for women. 61% of men and 56% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ********** **■** Cultivators 624 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 2,507 (55%) · **■** Household industry 108 (2%) · **■** Other work 805 (18%) · **■** Marginal 529 (12%) 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 - Kilpudupatti8,372 people - Koonimedu7,528 people - Anumandai6,539 people - Manur6,290 people - Nadukuppam6,001 people [All 223 villages in Tindivanam](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/viluppuram/tindivanam/villages/) ## Quick answers - What is the PIN code of Rettanai?604306 - How far is Rettanai from Viluppuram?32 km by road - What is the population of Rettanai?7,816 (Census 2011) - Which district is Rettanai in?Viluppuram district (Tindivanam sub-district), Tamil Nadu - What is the literacy rate of Rettanai?70.6% (Census 2011)