Kovalai
Vandavasi block · Tiruvannamalai
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 604403
· village code 631456
Population 2011
2,320
Census of India
Population 2020
4,505
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+94.2%
2,185 people · 7.7% a year
Households
560
-1.2% vs 567 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,320
Male / female
1,175 / 1,145
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
974
Children aged 0–6
230
Literacy rate
58.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
162 / 63
Working population
1,391
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
78.8%
Households
567
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
1-4 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
121
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
17
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
463
Non-farm households
97
Share of households farming, 2020
83%
Net sown area
3 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
3 / 3 / 2
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kovalai 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
₹30.62 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹6.88 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹16.95 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹20.55 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹13.23 lakh · received ₹2.75 lakh · spent ₹7.17 lakh · left ₹8.80 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹17.40 lakh · received ₹4.13 lakh · spent ₹9.77 lakh · left ₹11.75 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
12.4685, 79.5519 —
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