Vaikuntam
Macdonalds Choultry block · Salem
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 637103
· village code 633922
Population 2011
7,654
Census of India
Population 2020
8,389
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+9.6%
735 people · 1.0% a year
Households
3,503
+65.7% vs 2,114 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
7,654
Male / female
3,960 / 3,694
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
933
Children aged 0–6
692
Literacy rate
59.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,096 / 0
Working population
4,290
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
61.4%
Households
2,114
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
1-4 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
CHC
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
236
Teachers
14
Students per teacher
17
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
635
Non-farm households
887
Share of households farming, 2020
42%
Net sown area
985 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
985 / 350 / 350
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Vaikundam panchayat, Mac. Choultry 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
₹54.30 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹22.19 lakh
Received directly
₹1.73 lakh
Spent
₹24.40 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹53.82 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹16.49 lakh · received ₹8.88 lakh · spent ₹8.59 lakh · left ₹18.51 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹37.81 lakh · received ₹13.32 lakh · spent ₹15.81 lakh · left ₹35.31 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
11.5495, 77.9936 —
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