# Bommakottai Village, Aruppukkottai, Virudhunagar (Tamil Nadu) > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/virudhunagar/aruppukkottai/bommakottai/ Village · Aruppukkottai, Virudhunagar # Bommakottai Bommakottai is a village in Aruppukkottai sub-district of Virudhunagar district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **626105**. The 2011 Census counted **815 people in 252 households**, the 49th largest of 68 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 80.3%. - 815people (2011) - 252households - 86.3%literacy - 626105PIN code ## Bommakottai PIN code and other codes **The PIN code of Bommakottai is 626105.** Bommakottai falls in Aruppukkottai sub-district, Virudhunagar district, Tamil Nadu. - PIN code626105 - Gram panchayatBommakottai - Community development blockTiruchuli - Census village code641644 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Bommakottai from nearby towns? - Aruppukkottai (sub-district HQ)15 km by road - Virudhunagar (district HQ)35 km by road - Aruppukkottai (nearest town)15 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 Bommakottai? 14 services counted by the Census are inside Bommakottai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt - ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 private - ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 - ●Sub post officeIn village - ●Mobile phone coverageIn village - ●Public bus serviceIn village - ●Private bus serviceIn village - ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village - ●All-weather roadIn village - ●Agricultural credit societyIn village - ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village - ●Anganwadi centreIn village - ●ASHA health workerIn village - ●Polling stationIn village ### Nearest outside - ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Muthuramalingapuram - ○Degree college10+ km · Aruppukkottai - ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Soolakkarai - ○Primary health centreunder 5 km - ○Allopathic hospital10+ km - ○Dispensaryunder 5 km - ○Post officeunder 5 km - ○Railway station10+ km - ○ATMunder 5 km - ○Commercial bankunder 5 km - ○Mandi / regular market10+ km - ○Public library10+ km ### Water and power - Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes - Electricity (2011)10 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 Bommakottai known for? The main crops are **cotton, maize and chilli**. About 47% of the 456 hectares of village land is sown, and 6 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 Bommakottai Of every 100 households in Bommakottai in 2011, 94 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 26 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 2 a car. ■ Bommakottai · ■ Aruppukkottai rural average Electricity for lighting ****94%** **91% Toilet within the home ****26%** **18% No toilet (open defecation) ****74%** **74% Tap water ****96%** **76% Drinking water within premises ****47%** **10% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****26%** **29% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****66%** **65% Use banking services ****28%** **47% Television ****84%** **86% Mobile phone ****41%** **58% Computer with internet ****1%** **1% Two-wheeler ****14%** **16% Car / jeep / van ****2%** **1% None of these assets ****11%** **7% Own their home ****86%** **84% 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 Bommakottai? ■ Bommakottai · ■ Aruppukkottai rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****86.3%** **80.3% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1043** **1008 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****775** **949 Working population ****53.0%** **52.9% ### Women and men Literacy is 89.7% for men and 83.1% for women. 53% of men and 53% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ******** **■** Cultivators 41 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 229 (53%) · **■** Other work 160 (37%) · **■** Marginal 2 (0%) 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 Aruppukkottai - Salukkuvarpatti896 people - Pullanaickenpatti870 people - Kullampatti855 people - T.Koppuchithampatti837 people - Podampatti766 people - Chettipatti742 people - T.Meenakshipuram727 people - Vedanatham681 people [All 75 villages in Aruppukkottai](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/virudhunagar/aruppukkottai/villages/) ## Quick answers - What is the PIN code of Bommakottai?626105 - How far is Bommakottai from Virudhunagar?35 km by road - What is the population of Bommakottai?815 (Census 2011) - Which district is Bommakottai in?Virudhunagar district (Aruppukkottai sub-district), Tamil Nadu - What is the literacy rate of Bommakottai?86.3% (Census 2011)