Karam
Vandavasi block · Tiruvannamalai
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 604408
· village code 631450
Population 2011
1,038
Census of India
Population 2020
1,009
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-2.8%
-29 people · -0.3% a year
Households
265
+4.7% vs 253 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,038
Male / female
512 / 526
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,027
Children aged 0–6
133
Literacy rate
67.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
131 / 0
Working population
566
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
60.8%
Households
253
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
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
45
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
23
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
140
Non-farm households
125
Share of households farming, 2020
53%
Net sown area
209 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
185 / 209 / 47
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kaaram panchayat, Vandavasi 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
₹8.46 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹2.93 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹53,600
Unspent at year end
₹10.86 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹4.58 lakh · received ₹1.17 lakh · spent ₹0 · left ₹5.76 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹3.88 lakh · received ₹1.76 lakh · spent ₹53,600 · left ₹5.10 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
12.5034, 79.6154 —
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