# Kachikkuvachan Village, Tirukkoyilur, Viluppuram (Tamil Nadu)

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Village · Tirukkoyilur, Viluppuram 

# Kachikkuvachan

Kachikkuvachan is a village in Tirukkoyilur sub-district of Viluppuram district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **605757**. The 2011 Census counted **445 people in 101 households**, the 165th largest of 168 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 67.3%.

- 445people (2011)
- 101households
- 71.1%literacy
- 605757PIN code

## Kachikkuvachan PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kachikkuvachan is 605757.** Kachikkuvachan falls in Tirukkoyilur sub-district, Viluppuram district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code605757
- Gram panchayatDeviagaram
- Community development blockThirukkoyilur
- Census village code633137

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

## How far is Kachikkuvachan from nearby towns?

- Tirukkoyilur (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Viluppuram (district HQ)40 km by road
- Tirukkoyilur (nearest town)3 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 Kachikkuvachan?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Kachikkuvachan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Mobile phone coverageIn 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

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Deviagaram
- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Tirukkoyilur
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Tirukkoyilur
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Arakandanallur
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)14 h summer · 16 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 Kachikkuvachan known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 64% of the 257 hectares of village land is sown, and 158 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 Kachikkuvachan

Of every 100 households in Kachikkuvachan in 2011, 94 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 64 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kachikkuvachan · ■ Tirukkoyilur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****94%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**88%

Tap water ****100%**

**87%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**14%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****64%**

**22%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****36%**

**76%

Use banking services ****33%**

**33%

Television ****83%**

**84%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**16%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

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

**7%

Own their home ****94%**

**96%

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 Kachikkuvachan?

■ Kachikkuvachan · ■ Tirukkoyilur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.1%**

**67.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1060**

**972

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1095**

**933

Working population ****42.9%**

**50.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.5% for men and 61.2% for women. 71% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 77 (40%) · **■** Farm labourers 25 (13%) · **■** Household industry 12 (6%) · **■** Other work 6 (3%) · **■** Marginal 71 (37%)

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 Tirukkoyilur

- Paradapattu650 people
- Vinmar632 people
- Agastyarmoolai574 people
- Arumalai572 people
- Arasankuppam290 people
- Deviyandal259 people
- Kingilivadai249 people

[All 180 villages in Tirukkoyilur](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/viluppuram/tirukkoyilur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kachikkuvachan?605757
- How far is Kachikkuvachan from Viluppuram?40 km by road
- What is the population of Kachikkuvachan?445 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kachikkuvachan in?Viluppuram district (Tirukkoyilur sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Kachikkuvachan?71.1% (Census 2011)