# Mustakurichi Village, Kariapatti, Virudhunagar (Tamil Nadu)

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Village · Kariapatti, Virudhunagar 

# Mustakurichi

Mustakurichi is a village in Kariapatti sub-district of Virudhunagar district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **626106**. The 2011 Census counted **1,478 people in 378 households**, the 19th largest of 74 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.2%.

- 1,478people (2011)
- 378households
- 68.2%literacy
- 626106PIN code

## Mustakurichi PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Mustakurichi is 626106.** Mustakurichi falls in Kariapatti sub-district, Virudhunagar district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code626106
- Gram panchayatMustakurichi
- Community development blockKariapatti
- Census village code641377

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

## How far is Mustakurichi from nearby towns?

- Kariapatti (sub-district HQ)11 km by road
- Virudhunagar (district HQ)32 km by road
- Kariapatti (nearest town)11 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 Mustakurichi?

26 services counted by the Census are inside Mustakurichi; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 4 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●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
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn 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

- ○Degree college10+ km · Aruppukkottai
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Kalkurichi
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, covered wells, 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 Mustakurichi known for?

The main crops are **vegetables and paddy**. Products made here include winnowing fan. About 36% of the 1,100 hectares of village land is sown, and 187 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 Mustakurichi

Of every 100 households in Mustakurichi in 2011, 90 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Mustakurichi · ■ Kariapatti rural average

Electricity for lighting ****90%**

**88%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**89%

Tap water ****94%**

**82%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**20%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**77%

Use banking services ****24%**

**33%

Television ****82%**

**86%

Mobile phone ****68%**

**53%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**14%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**8%

Own their home ****97%**

**92%

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 Mustakurichi?

■ Mustakurichi · ■ Kariapatti rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.2%**

**73.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****995**

**989

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1225**

**970

Working population ****52.5%**

**53.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.9% for men and 56.0% for women. 57% of men and 48% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 237 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 284 (37%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 184 (24%) · **■** Marginal 68 (9%)

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 Kariapatti

- Valukkalotti1,691 people
- Mudukkangulam1,655 people
- Kaluvancheri1,516 people
- Thoppur1,502 people
- Vakkanangundu1,250 people
- Allalaperi1,238 people
- Chatrampuliangulam1,086 people
- Panikkurippu1,055 people

[All 101 villages in Kariapatti](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/virudhunagar/kariapatti/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Mustakurichi?626106
- How far is Mustakurichi from Virudhunagar?32 km by road
- What is the population of Mustakurichi?1,478 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mustakurichi in?Virudhunagar district (Kariapatti sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Mustakurichi?68.2% (Census 2011)