Arcadu

Mugaiyur block · Villupuram district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 605755 · village code 633165

Population 2011

5,360

Census of India

Population 2020

5,094

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

-5.0%

-266 people · -0.6% a year

Households

1,344

+14.7% vs 1,172 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

5,360

Male / female

2,714 / 2,646

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

975

Children aged 0–6

646

Literacy rate

63.3%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

1,189 / 36

Working population

2,688

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

76.5%

Households

1,172

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

8-12 Hrs

Bank nearest 5 km away

Primary health centre

PHC

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

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

120

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

595

Non-farm households

446

Share of households farming, 2020

57%

Net sown area

121 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

121 / 121 / 2

Main irrigation source

Other

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Arcadu panchayat, Mugaiyur 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

₹47.85 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹14.34 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹35.45 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹26.73 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹19.57 lakh · received ₹5.74 lakh · spent ₹17.49 lakh · left ₹7.81 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹28.28 lakh · received ₹8.60 lakh · spent ₹17.96 lakh · left ₹18.92 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

11.9820, 79.2031 — view on OpenStreetMap

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