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Reported by Kerala Kaumudi.
By population, Devanankurichi ranks #4 of 87 villages in Tiruchengode mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Devanankurichi is a village of 8,362 people in 2,355 households (Census 2011) in Tiruchengode taluk, Namakkal district, Tamil Nadu, the 4th-largest of 87 villages in Tiruchengode taluk. Literacy is 66%, about the same as the taluk average of 67% and the sex ratio is 971 women per 1,000 men. It lies 31 km from the Namakkal district centre, 3 km from Thokkavadi, the nearest town, 4 km from Anangur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 637209, served by Seetharamapalayam post office; the LGD village code is 634398. The nearest hospital or health centre is Tiruchengode, Goverment Hospital, 4 km away. The village votes in Tiruchengodu assembly constituency, represented by MLA Arunraj K G. The population is estimated at 9,859 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Devanankurichi →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Devanankurichi · this village | 8,362 | 66% | — |
| Andikkadu · Pattukkottai | 1,503 | 73% | 2.2 km W |
| Karuveppampatti · Tiruchengode | 8,128 | 68% | 2.4 km NE |
| Thokkavadi · Tiruchengode | 11,138 | 77% | 2.7 km SW |
| Thokkavadi · Chengam | — | — | 2.7 km SW |
| Nallagoundampalayam · Erode | — | — | 3.1 km W |
| Varappalayam · Dharapuram | 2,481 | 58% | 3.7 km SW |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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