Puthukkarai, Gopichettipalaiyam

Puthukkarai is a village located in the Gobichettipalayam Taluk of Erode district of Tamilnadu. The village falls in Gopichettipalaiyam block and comes under Nanjai Gobi Gram Panchayat. It belongs to Tiruppur parliament constituency and Gobichettipalayam assembly constituency.

As on May 2024, the current population of Puthukkarai is 1.6 thousands out of which 800 are males and rest 775 are females. The sex ratio of this village is 969 females per 1000 males. There are around 140 teenagers in Puthukkarai. It has literacy rate of 55% which means around 867 persons can read and write. Total 243 people belonging to scheduled caste and 0 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 470 households in Puthukkarai, which means every family has 3 members on average. The village has working population of 898. The pincode of Puthukkarai is 638313 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Kugalur Sub Post office
• Pudukaraipudur Branch Post office
• Mevani Branch Post office

Schools

Puthukkarai has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.

• Gandhi Kalvi Nilayam Higher Secondary School, Kugalur
• Panchayat Union Middle School, Kugalur
• Panchayat Union Middle School, Thalaikkombupudur
• Panchayat Union Middle School, S.Ganapathipalayam
• Panchayat Union Middle School, Mevani

Hospitals

Puthukkarai has many good hospitals for treatment and follwing are popular among people.

• S.Ganapathipalayam Sub-Center
• Thalakombu pudur Sub-Center
• Kanndipalayam Sub-Center
• Mevani Sub-Center

Banks

Puthukkarai has many good banks for financial services and follwing are popular among people.

• Canara Bank Puthukkarai
• State Bank of India Kugalur