Porpadakurichi

Kallakkurichi block · Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 606213 · village code 633478

Population 2011

2,994

Census of India

Population 2020

3,040

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+1.5%

46 people · 0.2% a year

Households

810

+7.1% vs 756 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

2,994

Male / female

1,518 / 1,476

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

972

Children aged 0–6

327

Literacy rate

54.8%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

1,381 / 0

Working population

1,726

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

87.6%

Households

756

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school nearest 2 km away

Piped tap water

100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank nearest 5 km away

Primary health centre

PHC

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Yes

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

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

123

Non-farm households

165

Share of households farming, 2020

43%

Main irrigation source

Surface water

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Porpadakurichi panchayat, Kallakurichi 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

₹19.09 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹10.13 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹18.33 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹10.90 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹9.59 lakh · received ₹4.05 lakh · spent ₹13.44 lakh · left ₹19,890

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹9.51 lakh · received ₹6.08 lakh · spent ₹4.88 lakh · left ₹10.70 lakh

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

Location

11.6785, 78.9230 — view on OpenStreetMap

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