Kanthapalayam
Kalasapakkam block · Tiruvannamalai
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 606901
· village code 631751
Population 2011
3,103
Census of India
Population 2020
3,202
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+3.2%
99 people · 0.3% a year
Households
796
+3.8% vs 767 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,103
Male / female
1,530 / 1,573
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,028
Children aged 0–6
360
Literacy rate
65.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,021 / 18
Working population
1,687
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
84.7%
Households
767
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Kanthapalayam panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
103
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
52
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
709
Non-farm households
72
Share of households farming, 2020
91%
Net sown area
40 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
40 / 20 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kanthapalayam panchayat, Kalasapakkam 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
₹54.95 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹11.91 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹26.79 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹40.07 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹26.47 lakh · received ₹4.76 lakh · spent ₹14.18 lakh · left ₹17.05 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹28.48 lakh · received ₹7.15 lakh · spent ₹12.61 lakh · left ₹23.01 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
12.4685, 78.9430 —
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