Kottai
Vandavasi block · Tiruvannamalai
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 604403
· village code 631556
Population 2011
2,343
Census of India
Population 2020
2,038
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-13.0%
-305 people · -1.5% a year
Households
519
-9.1% vs 571 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,343
Male / female
1,173 / 1,170
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
997
Children aged 0–6
243
Literacy rate
65.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,139 / 80
Working population
1,217
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
82.8%
Households
571
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
1-4 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
175
Teachers
9
Students per teacher
19
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
421
Non-farm households
98
Share of households farming, 2020
81%
Net sown area
150 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
150 / 31 / 124
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kottai 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
₹21.12 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹8.09 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹9.97 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹19.24 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.69 lakh · received ₹3.23 lakh · spent ₹5.96 lakh · left ₹5.97 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹12.43 lakh · received ₹4.85 lakh · spent ₹4.02 lakh · left ₹13.27 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
12.5045, 79.6184 —
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