Alambalam (Vridhachalam)
Chinnasalem block · Kallakurichi
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 606301
· village code 633548
Population 2011
1,900
Census of India
Population 2020
1,315
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-30.8%
-585 people · -4.0% a year
Households
326
-29.6% vs 463 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,900
Male / female
962 / 938
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
975
Children aged 0–6
192
Literacy rate
60.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
680 / 0
Working population
1,130
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
79.7%
Households
463
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 1 km away
No
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
Farming
Farm households
220
Non-farm households
100
Share of households farming, 2020
69%
Net sown area
94 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
94 / 84 / 2
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Alamabalam .V panchayat, Chinnasalem 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
₹35.46 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹10.58 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹15.93 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹30.10 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹17.83 lakh · received ₹4.23 lakh · spent ₹10.35 lakh · left ₹11.71 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹17.63 lakh · received ₹6.35 lakh · spent ₹5.58 lakh · left ₹18.40 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
11.5856, 78.9049 —
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