Alacode

Elemdesam block · Idukki district, Kerala · PIN 685588 · village code 628097

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 11,182 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 6,657 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

11,182

Male / female

5,516 / 5,666

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,027

Children aged 0–6

1,061

Literacy rate

86.7%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

883 / 185

Working population

4,667

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

38.3%

Households

2,716

Village facilities, 2020

This village spans 3 gram panchayats and was surveyed once by each. The figures below are from Alakkode panchayat's return.

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

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

213

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

889

Non-farm households

608

Share of households farming, 2020

59%

Net sown area

1,507 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

15 / 57 / 1,507

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Alakkode panchayat, Elemdesam 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

₹24.33 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹143

Received directly

₹26.45 lakh

Spent

₹28.50 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹22.29 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹5.84 lakh · received ₹143 · spent ₹17.73 lakh · left ₹3.57 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹18.49 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹10.77 lakh · left ₹18.71 lakh

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

Location

9.8946, 76.7171 — view on OpenStreetMap

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