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Biggest population changes in Tenkasi district

Computed from 135 villages where both counts are usable. Nobody publishes this ranking; it is not in either source.

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Fastest growing villages in Tenkasi district

Ranked by the change between the Census 2011 count and the 2020 Mission Antyodaya survey.

#Village Block 20112020Change
1 Punnaivanam Sankarankovil 933 2,290 +145.4%
2 Vagaikulam Kuruvikulam 1,204 2,700 +124.3%
3 Mukkuttumalai Kuruvikulam 896 1,895 +111.5%
4 Ayan Pottal Pudur(I) Kadayam 6,622 12,939 +95.4%
5 Paruvakkudi Sankarankovil 3,161 6,156 +94.8%
6 Kuvalaikkanni Sankarankovil 2,675 5,180 +93.6%
7 Inam Kovilpatti Vasudevanallur 1,747 3,322 +90.2%
8 Kuthukalvalasai Tenkasi 9,917 18,606 +87.6%
9 Pattakurichi Vasudevanallur 426 662 +55.4%
10 Vadi Alangulam 4,806 7,423 +54.5%
11 Uthumalai Alangulam 7,737 11,668 +50.8%
12 Rayagiri Part 1 Vasudevanallur 1,342 1,997 +48.8%
13 Sivalarkulam Alangulam 2,461 3,662 +48.8%
14 Chattrappatti Kuruvikulam 1,420 2,085 +46.8%
15 Poigai Sankarankovil 809 1,176 +45.4%
16 Rengasamudram Kuruvikulam 388 559 +44.1%
17 Thuppakkudi Kadayam 1,430 2,035 +42.3%
18 Poolankulam Keelapavoor 8,249 11,626 +40.9%
19 Vadakkuppatti Kuruvikulam 1,539 2,145 +39.4%
20 Keelakalangal Alangulam 3,874 5,362 +38.4%

Villages that shrank most in Tenkasi district

A falling count usually means out-migration, but in a small village it can also mean a boundary change.

#Village Block 20112020Change
1 Vellakulam Kuruvikulam 3,946 2,390 -39.4%
2 Elathur Shencottah 8,636 5,435 -37.1%
3 Talaivankottai Vasudevanallur 6,470 4,130 -36.2%
4 Mayamankurichi Alangulam 10,340 6,767 -34.6%
5 Sendamangalam Melaneelithanallur 15,613 10,927 -30.0%
6 Kuruvikulam (North) Kuruvikulam 6,327 4,530 -28.4%
7 Avudaiyanoor Keelapavoor 15,948 11,562 -27.5%
8 Kaluneerkulam Keelapavoor 9,082 6,637 -26.9%
9 Thenmalai Part 1 Vasudevanallur 10,283 7,540 -26.7%
10 Gudalur Vasudevanallur 3,662 2,712 -25.9%
11 Pethanadarpatti Part 1 Keelapavoor 10,996 8,490 -22.8%
12 Karivalamvandanallur Sankarankovil 10,581 8,180 -22.7%
13 Thippampatti Keelapavoor 12,933 10,029 -22.4%
14 Kodikurichi Kadaiyanallur 3,984 3,126 -21.5%
15 Puliyarai Shencottah 9,186 7,228 -21.3%
16 Therku Kadayam Kadayam 5,059 4,100 -19.0%
17 Melapavoor Keelapavoor 4,820 3,942 -18.2%
18 Therkku Sankarankovil Sankarankovil 6,437 5,450 -15.3%
19 Balabadraramapuram Alangulam 4,226 3,675 -13.0%
20 Pitchaithalaivanpatti Kuruvikulam 1,165 1,029 -11.7%
What this ranking leaves out, and why. 0 villages here had fewer than 100 people in 2011 — at that size a percentage says more about the surveyor than the village, so they are excluded. A further 0 sit within half a point of the limits beyond which we treat a figure as implausible (+150% or −40%): they are the villages that only just survived that test, not the fastest moving, and ranking them first would be misleading. That is 0 excluded in total. How the limits are set.