Kottavadi
Peddanaickenpalayam block · Salem
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 636115
· village code 634244
Population 2011
2,714
Census of India
Population 2020
2,976
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+9.7%
262 people · 1.0% a year
Households
832
+14.6% vs 726 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,714
Male / female
1,377 / 1,337
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
971
Children aged 0–6
299
Literacy rate
63.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
1,340
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
78.3%
Households
726
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
1-4 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
170
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
28
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
535
Non-farm households
297
Share of households farming, 2020
64%
Net sown area
70 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
4 / 52 / 70
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kottavadi panchayat, P.N.Palayam 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
₹21.92 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹5.29 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹8.93 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹18.28 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹5.49 lakh · received ₹2.12 lakh · spent ₹3.76 lakh · left ₹3.84 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹16.43 lakh · received ₹3.17 lakh · spent ₹5.17 lakh · left ₹14.44 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
11.8378, 78.6272 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Salem district ·
School
staffing across Salem ·
…and across Tamil Nadu