Kalkoonthal

Nedumkandom block · Idukki district, Kerala · PIN 685553 · village code 628074

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 42,006 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 23,558 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

42,006

Male / female

21,158 / 20,848

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

985

Children aged 0–6

4,158

Literacy rate

87.1%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

1,997 / 272

Working population

19,591

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

62.8%

Households

10,307

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

50 to 100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre

CHC

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

404

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

4,528

Non-farm households

1,046

Share of households farming, 2020

81%

Net sown area

3,642 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

0 / 0 / 3,642

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Nedumkandam panchayat, Nedumkandom 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

₹92.76 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹45.23 lakh

Received directly

₹1.78 crore

Spent

₹96.37 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹2.19 crore

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹46.27 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹23.52 lakh · left ₹96.84 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹46.49 lakh · received ₹45.23 lakh · spent ₹72.84 lakh · left ₹1.22 crore

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

9.8303, 77.1603 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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