Karanavur
Marakkanam block · Villupuram
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 604001
· village code 632673
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 1,165 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 430 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
1,165
Male / female
585 / 580
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
991
Children aged 0–6
97
Literacy rate
59.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
540 / 184
Working population
707
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
81.5%
Households
282
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Separately located
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
15
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
8
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
92
Non-farm households
36
Share of households farming, 2020
72%
Net sown area
34 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2 / 1 / 34
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Jaggampettai panchayat, Merkanam 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
₹50.97 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹9.72 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹13.67 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹47.01 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹21.67 lakh · received ₹3.89 lakh · spent ₹9.15 lakh · left ₹16.41 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹29.30 lakh · received ₹5.83 lakh · spent ₹4.52 lakh · left ₹30.60 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
12.1982, 79.7649 —
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