Virachchipalayam

Sankari block · Salem district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 637303 · village code 633947

Change since 2011 is not available for this village. The 2020 Mission Antyodaya survey recorded a population of 1,272 — exactly the Census 2011 figure. That happens in about 15% of villages nationally, where the surveyor appears to have carried the old number forward rather than counting afresh. Showing “0% growth” here would be reporting a number nobody measured, so we don't. How we detect this.

Population (Census 2011)

1,272

Households 2020

475

surveyed separately, so usable

Census 2011

Total population

1,272

Male / female

631 / 641

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,016

Children aged 0–6

Literacy rate

63.1%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

482 / 0

Working population

730

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

40.8%

Households

352

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school nearest 2 km away

High school nearest 5 km away

Piped tap water

100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport nearest 1 km away

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank nearest 2 km away

Primary health centre nearest 2 km away

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Yes

Common service centre

Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan

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

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

210

Non-farm households

265

Share of households farming, 2020

44%

Net sown area

141 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

141 / 24 / 0

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Veerachipalayam panchayat, Sankari 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

₹17.98 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹4.11 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹6.42 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹15.67 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹3.46 lakh · received ₹1.64 lakh · spent ₹1.51 lakh · left ₹3.60 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹14.52 lakh · received ₹2.47 lakh · spent ₹4.92 lakh · left ₹12.07 lakh

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

Location

11.4955, 77.9051 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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