# Padur Village, Ulundurpettai, Viluppuram (Tamil Nadu)

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Village · Ulundurpettai, Viluppuram 

# Padur

Padur is a village in Ulundurpettai sub-district of Viluppuram district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **606115**. The 2011 Census counted **6,135 people in 1,354 households**, the 6th largest of 175 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 66.9%.

- 6,135people (2011)
- 1,354households
- 68.6%literacy
- 606115PIN code

## Padur PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Padur is 606115.** Padur falls in Ulundurpettai sub-district, Viluppuram district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code606115
- Gram panchayatPadur
- Community development blockTirunavalur
- Census village code633687

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

## How far is Padur from nearby towns?

- Ulundurpettai (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Viluppuram (district HQ)37 km by road
- Ulundurpettai (nearest town)8 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 Padur?

20 services counted by the Census are inside Padur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 4 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●PolytechnicIn village · 1 private
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn 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 · Ulundurpettai
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Sengurichi
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Nagar
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)20 h summer · 20 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 Padur known for?

The main crops are **paddy, sugarcane and bajra**. About 9% of the 2,115 hectares of village land is sown.

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

## Homes and amenities in Padur

Of every 100 households in Padur in 2011, 93 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Padur · ■ Ulundurpettai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****93%**

**93%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**90%

Tap water ****97%**

**90%

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

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**16%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**82%

Use banking services ****48%**

**40%

Television ****53%**

**80%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**62%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**16%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**9%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Padur?

■ Padur · ■ Ulundurpettai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.6%**

**66.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****963**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****886**

**934

Working population ****50.9%**

**50.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.6% for men and 57.3% for women. 59% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 919 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 844 (27%) · **■** Household industry 10 (0%) · **■** Other work 474 (15%) · **■** Marginal 874 (28%)

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

- Sendamangalam10,128 people
- Eraiyur8,826 people
- Tirunavalur6,625 people
- Sengurichi6,566 people
- Periyasevalai5,454 people
- Anathur5,434 people
- Kattuedayar5,374 people
- Ma.Kunnathur5,372 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Padur?606115
- How far is Padur from Viluppuram?37 km by road
- What is the population of Padur?6,135 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Padur in?Viluppuram district (Ulundurpettai sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Padur?68.6% (Census 2011)
