Thekkaru
Beltangadi block · Dakshin Kannad
district, Karnataka · PIN 574241
· village code 617666
Population 2011
3,235
Census of India
Population 2020
3,396
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+5.0%
161 people · 0.5% a year
Households
630
+24.0% vs 508 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,235
Male / female
1,566 / 1,669
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,066
Children aged 0–6
497
Literacy rate
71.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
36 / 55
Working population
1,421
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
11.6%
Households
508
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
262
Teachers
21
Students per teacher
13
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
200
Non-farm households
402
Share of households farming, 2020
33%
Net sown area
230 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
90 / 230 / 18
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Thekkaru panchayat, Beltangadi zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹26.58 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹8.83 lakh
Received directly
₹2.73 lakh
Spent
₹9.52 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹28.62 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.63 lakh · received ₹3.53 lakh · spent ₹3.54 lakh · left ₹11.74 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹14.95 lakh · received ₹5.30 lakh · spent ₹5.97 lakh · left ₹16.88 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
12.8468, 75.1792 —
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