Vadakarai

Madhanur block · Tirupathur district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 635743 · village code 631035

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 1,206 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 3,500 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

1,206

Male / female

572 / 634

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,108

Children aged 0–6

133

Literacy rate

77.1%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

720 / 0

Working population

667

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

27.1%

Households

288

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

<50% habitation covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Van

Electricity

4-8 Hrs

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre

PHC

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Yes

Common service centre

Separately located

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

186

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Girls

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

65%

Net sown area

42 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

41 / 42 / 42

Main irrigation source

Surface water

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Vadakarai panchayat, Madhanur 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

₹9.96 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹4.03 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹7.47 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹6.52 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹6.11 lakh · received ₹1.61 lakh · spent ₹2.93 lakh · left ₹4.79 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹3.85 lakh · received ₹2.42 lakh · spent ₹4.54 lakh · left ₹1.73 lakh

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

Location

12.8649, 78.8440 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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