# Salapakkam Village, Ulundurpettai, Viluppuram (Tamil Nadu)

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Village · Ulundurpettai, Viluppuram 

# Salapakkam

Salapakkam is a village in Ulundurpettai sub-district of Viluppuram district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **607202**. The 2011 Census counted **358 people in 107 households**, the 170th largest of 175 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.9%.

- 358people (2011)
- 107households
- 69.0%literacy
- 607202PIN code

## Salapakkam PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Salapakkam is 607202.** Salapakkam falls in Ulundurpettai sub-district, Viluppuram district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code607202
- Gram panchayatAlangiri
- Community development blockUlundurpettai
- Census village code633714

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

## How far is Salapakkam from nearby towns?

- Ulundurpettai (sub-district HQ)14 km by road
- Viluppuram (district HQ)28 km by road
- Ulundurpettai (nearest town)14 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 Salapakkam?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Salapakkam; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●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
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Pidagam
- ○Degree college10+ km · Sengurichi
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Ulundurpettai
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)18 h summer · 22 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 Salapakkam known for?

About 58% of the 160 hectares of village land is sown, and 4 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 Salapakkam

Of every 100 households in Salapakkam in 2011, 100 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 79 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Salapakkam · ■ Ulundurpettai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**93%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**90%

Tap water ****100%**

**90%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**16%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**82%

Use banking services ****73%**

**40%

Television ****95%**

**80%

Mobile phone ****79%**

**62%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**16%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****4%**

**9%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Salapakkam?

■ Salapakkam · ■ Ulundurpettai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.0%**

**66.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1106**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****750**

**934

Working population ****46.6%**

**50.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.3% for men and 56.6% for women. 63% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 29 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 59 (35%) · **■** Other work 17 (10%) · **■** Marginal 62 (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 Ulundurpettai

- Vannagapadi451 people
- Seevamangalam438 people
- Arumbalavadi421 people
- Ilevathadi399 people
- Paravandal283 people
- Senjikkuppam265 people
- Kooranur262 people
- Seedevi R.F.262 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Salapakkam?607202
- How far is Salapakkam from Viluppuram?28 km by road
- What is the population of Salapakkam?358 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Salapakkam in?Viluppuram district (Ulundurpettai sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Salapakkam?69.0% (Census 2011)
