Karunapuram

Nedumkandom block · Idukki district, Kerala · PIN 685552 · village code 628077

Population 2011

30,473

Census of India

Population 2020

26,637

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

-12.6%

-3,836 people · -1.5% a year

Households

7,765

+2.6% vs 7,571 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

30,473

Male / female

15,084 / 15,389

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,020

Children aged 0–6

3,036

Literacy rate

86.5%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

2,102 / 86

Working population

14,314

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

62.1%

Households

7,571

Village facilities, 2020

This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was surveyed once by each. The figures below are from Karunapuram panchayat's return.

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

<50% habitation covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre

PHC

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

868

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

5,237

Non-farm households

2,458

Share of households farming, 2020

68%

Net sown area

4,110 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

1 / 2 / 4,110

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Karunapuram 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

₹54.57 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹0

Received directly

₹1.13 crore

Spent

₹20.72 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹1.47 crore

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹16.42 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹17.07 lakh · left ₹34.83 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹38.15 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹3.65 lakh · left ₹1.12 crore

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

Location

9.8173, 77.2098 — view on OpenStreetMap

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