Damal
Kanchipuram block · Kanchipuram
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 631551
· village code 629624
Population 2011
6,959
Census of India
Population 2020
7,011
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+0.8%
52 people · 0.1% a year
Households
2,050
+16.7% vs 1,756 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
6,959
Male / female
3,455 / 3,504
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,014
Children aged 0–6
739
Literacy rate
61.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,309 / 158
Working population
3,791
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
71.2%
Households
1,756
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
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
120
Teachers
15
Students per teacher
8
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
151
Non-farm households
1,126
Share of households farming, 2020
12%
Net sown area
300 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
280 / 300 / 0
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Damal panchayat, Kancheepuram 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
₹35.72 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹21.60 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹55.08 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹2.24 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹17.94 lakh · received ₹8.64 lakh · spent ₹25.54 lakh · left ₹1.04 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹17.78 lakh · received ₹12.96 lakh · spent ₹29.54 lakh · left ₹1.20 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
12.8649, 79.6757 —
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