Kilnagar

West Arani block · Tiruvannamalai district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 632316 · village code 631179

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 4,139 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 2,425 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

4,139

Male / female

2,047 / 2,092

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,022

Children aged 0–6

444

Literacy rate

67.7%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

333 / 0

Working population

2,127

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

66.8%

Households

1,023

Village facilities, 2020

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

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school nearest 5 km away

Piped tap water

50 to 100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

8-12 Hrs

Bank nearest 5 km away

Primary health centre

Sub Centre

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

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

199

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

450

Non-farm households

150

Share of households farming, 2020

75%

Net sown area

180 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

180 / 16 / 101

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Pudupalayam panchayat, West Arni 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

₹13.88 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹5.35 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹7.37 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹11.87 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹2.27 lakh · received ₹2.14 lakh · spent ₹3.70 lakh · left ₹71,523

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹11.61 lakh · received ₹3.21 lakh · spent ₹3.67 lakh · left ₹11.15 lakh

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

Location

12.6667, 79.2624 — view on OpenStreetMap

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