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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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- LGD code
- 632352
- Pincode
- 604203
- Post office
- Melolakkur
- Population
- 2,168
- Households
- 496
- Literacy rate
- 70.1%
- Sex ratio
- 978 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,213
Census 2011 · in context
How Eachur compares
By population, Eachur ranks #30 of 171 villages in Gingee mandal.
Literacy rate
%
70.1%
+6.7% vs mandal average
Eachur70.1%
Gingee mandal63.4%
Viluppuram district63.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
978
−1 vs mandal average
Eachur978
Gingee mandal979
Household size
people per home
4.4
+0.1 vs mandal average
Eachur4.4
Gingee mandal4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Eachur at a glance
Eachur is a village of 2,168 people in 496 households (Census 2011) in Gingee taluk, Viluppuram district, Tamil Nadu, the 30th-largest of 171 villages in Gingee taluk. Literacy is 70%, 7 points above the taluk average of 63% and the sex ratio is 978 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 604203, served by Melolakkur post office; the LGD village code is 632352. The village votes in Ulundurpettai assembly constituency, represented by MLA Vasanthavel G R. The population is estimated at 2,556 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Eachur
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 15
- Power hours (winter)
- 15
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- GINGEE
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 47
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Eachur
- Total area (ha)
- 579.6
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 144.81
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Eachur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Eachur
- LGD code
- 632352
- Pincode
- 604203
- Post office
- Melolakkur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,168
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,556
- Households
- 496
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 978
- Literacy rate
- 70.1%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Viluppuram
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Ulundurpettai
- Member of Parliament
- Durai Ravikumar
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Vasanthavel G R
- Block / Mandal
- Gingee
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 604203
Other villages in Gingee mandal
View all 60+ →- Malavantangal
- Sevur (Mel)
- Alampundi
- Satyamangalam
- Semmedu
- Narasingarayanpettai
- Kanakkankuppam
- Modaiyur
- Devadanampettai
- Konai
- Neganur
- Viranamur
- Nallampillaipetral
- Gangavaram
- Jayankondan
- Sorattupperiyankuppam
- Karai
- Padippallam
- Melolakkur
- Melathipattu
- Ponnankuppam
- Kongarappattu
- Pappambadi (Mel)
- Pakkam
- Nayampadi
- Kattuchittamur
- Ponpatti
- Chittamur (Mel)
- Illodu
- Kalavay (Mel)
- Vallam
- Manalapadi
- Cholangunam
- Konalur
- Ethanemili
- Malarasankuppam
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)