# Alankuppam Village, Ulundurpettai, Viluppuram (Tamil Nadu)

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Village · Ulundurpettai, Viluppuram 

# Alankuppam

Alankuppam is a village in Ulundurpettai sub-district of Viluppuram district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **607107**. The 2011 Census counted **1,200 people in 296 households**, the 117th largest of 175 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 66.9%.

- 1,200people (2011)
- 296households
- 67.9%literacy
- 607107PIN code

## Alankuppam PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Alankuppam is 607107.** Alankuppam falls in Ulundurpettai sub-district, Viluppuram district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code607107
- Gram panchayatAlankuppam
- Community development blockThiruvennainallur
- Census village code633605

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

## How far is Alankuppam from nearby towns?

- Ulundurpettai (sub-district HQ)25 km by road
- Viluppuram (district HQ)13 km by road
- Thiruvennainallur (nearest town)5 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 Alankuppam?

13 services counted by the Census are inside Alankuppam; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Railway stationIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Arasur
- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Tiruvennainallur
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Tiruvennainallur
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Tiruvennainallur
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)12 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 Alankuppam known for?

The main crops are **paddy, sugarcane and casuarina**. About 42% of the 107 hectares of village land is sown, and 45 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 Alankuppam

Of every 100 households in Alankuppam in 2011, 90 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 17 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Alankuppam · ■ Ulundurpettai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****90%**

**93%

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

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**90%

Tap water ****78%**

**90%

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

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****17%**

**16%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****82%**

**82%

Use banking services ****48%**

**40%

Television ****90%**

**80%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**62%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**16%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****3%**

**9%

Own their home ****86%**

**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 Alankuppam?

■ Alankuppam · ■ Ulundurpettai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.9%**

**66.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1007**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1047**

**934

Working population ****43.8%**

**50.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.2% for men and 56.6% for women. 52% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 23 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 55 (10%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 113 (22%) · **■** Marginal 328 (62%)

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 Ulundurpettai

- Thomal1,213 people
- Oddanandal1,212 people
- Athipattu1,208 people
- Mettathur1,201 people
- Nachiyarpettai1,169 people
- Poyyarasur1,162 people
- Karadipakkam1,128 people
- Pachapalayam1,098 people

[All 182 villages in Ulundurpettai](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/viluppuram/ulundurpettai/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Alankuppam?607107
- How far is Alankuppam from Viluppuram?13 km by road
- What is the population of Alankuppam?1,200 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Alankuppam in?Viluppuram district (Ulundurpettai sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Alankuppam?67.9% (Census 2011)