Karikathur
Chetput block · Tiruvannamalai
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 606903
· village code 631717
Population 2011
1,054
Census of India
Population 2020
942
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-10.6%
-112 people · -1.2% a year
Households
548
+92.3% vs 285 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,054
Male / female
530 / 524
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
989
Children aged 0–6
131
Literacy rate
48.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
8 / 0
Working population
569
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
65.5%
Households
285
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
No
Electricity
1-4 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 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
25
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
8
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
15
Non-farm households
32
Share of households farming, 2020
32%
Net sown area
178 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
178 / 0 / 2
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Karikkathur panchayat, Chetpet 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
₹14.58 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹5.08 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹5.18 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹14.48 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹6.20 lakh · received ₹2.03 lakh · spent ₹2.35 lakh · left ₹5.88 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹8.38 lakh · received ₹3.05 lakh · spent ₹2.83 lakh · left ₹8.60 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
12.5045, 79.2308 —
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