Karakuruchi

Puduchatram block · Namakkal district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 637014 · village code 634613

Population 2011

3,548

Census of India

Population 2020

2,842

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

-19.9%

-706 people · -2.4% a year

Households

790

-23.3% vs 1,030 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

3,548

Male / female

1,750 / 1,798

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,027

Children aged 0–6

357

Literacy rate

62.9%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

1,302 / 0

Working population

1,953

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

67.3%

Households

1,030

Village facilities, 2020

This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was surveyed once by each. The figures below are from Karaikurichi panchayat's return.

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school nearest 1 km away

Piped tap water

100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank nearest 2 km away

Primary health centre nearest 2 km away

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Yes

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

115

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

130

Non-farm households

640

Share of households farming, 2020

17%

Net sown area

394 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

197 / 394 / 325

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Karaikurichi panchayat, Puduchatram 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

₹24.65 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹8.98 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹29.55 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹4.08 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹8.17 lakh · received ₹3.59 lakh · spent ₹11.09 lakh · left ₹67,437

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹16.48 lakh · received ₹5.39 lakh · spent ₹18.46 lakh · left ₹3.40 lakh

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

Location

11.3514, 78.1963 — view on OpenStreetMap

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