Kothakottai

Alangayan block · Tirupathur district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 635752 · village code 630923

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 9,408 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 4,626 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

9,408

Male / female

4,902 / 4,506

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

919

Children aged 0–6

1,250

Literacy rate

60.7%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

265 / 459

Working population

4,697

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

59.1%

Households

2,166

Village facilities, 2020

This village spans 3 gram panchayats and was surveyed once by each. The figures below are from Kothakottai 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 nearest 5 km away

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

343

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

Non-farm households

150

Share of households farming, 2020

Net sown area

376 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

209 / 376 / 7

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Kothakottai panchayat, Alangayam 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

₹28.36 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹10.30 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹17.87 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹20.78 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹13.55 lakh · received ₹4.12 lakh · spent ₹12.27 lakh · left ₹5.40 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹14.81 lakh · received ₹6.18 lakh · spent ₹5.61 lakh · left ₹15.38 lakh

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

Location

12.6255, 78.7526 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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