Poopara
Devikulam block · Idukki
district, Kerala · PIN 685619
· village code 628065
Population 2011
8,231
Census of India
Population 2020
8,528
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+3.6%
297 people · 0.4% a year
Households
2,472
+9.0% vs 2,267 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
8,231
Male / female
4,137 / 4,094
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
990
Children aged 0–6
728
Literacy rate
71.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
2,134 / 338
Working population
5,012
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
79.3%
Households
2,267
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
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
82
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
16
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
94
Non-farm households
2,143
Share of households farming, 2020
4%
Net sown area
3,907 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
0 / 0 / 3,907
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Santhanpara panchayat, Devikulam 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
₹24.28 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹0
Received directly
₹1.10 crore
Spent
₹60.43 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹74.06 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9,638 · received ₹0 · spent ₹22.17 lakh · left ₹14.76 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹24.18 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹38.27 lakh · left ₹59.30 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
9.8075, 77.2314 —
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