# Chettikulam Village, Aruppukkottai, Virudhunagar (Tamil Nadu)

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Village · Aruppukkottai, Virudhunagar 

# Chettikulam

Chettikulam is a village in Aruppukkottai sub-district of Virudhunagar district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **626114**. The 2011 Census counted **1,992 people in 560 households**, the 18th largest of 68 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 80.3%.

- 1,992people (2011)
- 560households
- 67.7%literacy
- 626114PIN code

## Chettikulam PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Chettikulam is 626114.** Chettikulam falls in Aruppukkottai sub-district, Virudhunagar district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code626114
- Gram panchayatK.Chettikulam
- Community development blockTiruchuli
- Census village code641687

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

## How far is Chettikulam from nearby towns?

- Aruppukkottai (sub-district HQ)32 km by road
- Virudhunagar (district HQ)50 km by road
- Kamuthi (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 Chettikulam?

15 services counted by the Census are inside Chettikulam; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 4 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Paralachi
- ○Degree college10+ km · Kamuthi
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Soolakkarai
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water and untreated tap water
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 6 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 Chettikulam known for?

The main crops are **paddy and sugarcane**. About 15% of the 690 hectares of village land is sown, and 95 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 Chettikulam

Of every 100 households in Chettikulam in 2011, 80 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chettikulam · ■ Aruppukkottai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****80%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**74%

Tap water ****99%**

**76%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**10%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**29%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**65%

Use banking services ****33%**

**47%

Television ****85%**

**86%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**58%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**16%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**7%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Chettikulam?

■ Chettikulam · ■ Aruppukkottai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.7%**

**80.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1045**

**1008

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****902**

**949

Working population ****57.5%**

**52.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.8% for men and 54.6% for women. 65% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 185 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 580 (51%) · **■** Household industry 10 (1%) · **■** Other work 163 (14%) · **■** Marginal 208 (18%)

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

- Puliyuran2,534 people
- Thummuchinnampatti2,469 people
- Amanakkunatham2,166 people
- Melakandamangalam2,111 people
- Kalayarkarisalkulam1,971 people
- Maravarperungudi1,971 people
- Kallumadam1,934 people
- Thoppalakarai1,899 people

[All 75 villages in Aruppukkottai](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/virudhunagar/aruppukkottai/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Chettikulam?626114
- How far is Chettikulam from Virudhunagar?50 km by road
- What is the population of Chettikulam?1,992 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chettikulam in?Virudhunagar district (Aruppukkottai sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Chettikulam?67.7% (Census 2011)