Virupakshi

Oddanchatram block · Dindigul district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 624614 · village code 635227

Population 2011

6,123

Census of India

Population 2020

5,857

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

-4.3%

-266 people · -0.5% a year

Households

2,516

+40.8% vs 1,787 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

6,123

Male / female

2,991 / 3,132

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,047

Children aged 0–6

546

Literacy rate

67.1%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

1,068 / 0

Working population

3,275

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

55.3%

Households

1,787

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank

Yes

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

201

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

1,476

Non-farm households

565

Share of households farming, 2020

72%

Net sown area

675 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

675 / 512 / 163

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Virupatchi panchayat, Oddanchatram 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

₹1.01 crore

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹19.69 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹47.36 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹73.23 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹32.39 lakh · received ₹7.88 lakh · spent ₹13.74 lakh · left ₹26.53 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹68.51 lakh · received ₹11.81 lakh · spent ₹33.62 lakh · left ₹46.70 lakh

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

Location

10.4686, 77.6485 — view on OpenStreetMap

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