Rajapalayam
Tiruchengodu block · Namakkal
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 637209
· village code 634375
Population 2011
5,787
Census of India
Population 2020
5,780
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-0.1%
-7 people · -0.0% a year
Households
1,562
-6.9% vs 1,678 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
5,787
Male / female
2,959 / 2,828
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
956
Children aged 0–6
530
Literacy rate
64.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,119 / 2
Working population
3,121
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
37.2%
Households
1,678
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
84
Teachers
10
Students per teacher
8
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
950
Non-farm households
312
Share of households farming, 2020
75%
Net sown area
943 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
943 / 646 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
O. Rajapalayam panchayat, Tiruchengode 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
₹41.23 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹16.71 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹31.40 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹26.54 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹29.52 lakh · received ₹6.69 lakh · spent ₹26.11 lakh · left ₹10.10 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹11.71 lakh · received ₹10.03 lakh · spent ₹5.29 lakh · left ₹16.44 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
11.4234, 77.9220 —
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