Virakkal
Athoor block · Dindigul
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 624303
· village code 635414
Population 2011
6,038
Census of India
Population 2020
8,176
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+35.4%
2,138 people · 3.4% a year
Households
1,841
+22.0% vs 1,509 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
6,038
Male / female
3,001 / 3,037
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,012
Children aged 0–6
639
Literacy rate
64.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
856 / 0
Working population
3,145
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
82.7%
Households
1,509
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
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
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
69
Teachers
8
Students per teacher
9
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
42
Non-farm households
58
Share of households farming, 2020
42%
Net sown area
529 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
196 / 529 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Veerakkal panchayat, Athoor 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
₹95.83 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹18.85 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹36.64 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹78.04 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹30.66 lakh · received ₹7.54 lakh · spent ₹13.54 lakh · left ₹24.66 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹65.17 lakh · received ₹11.31 lakh · spent ₹23.10 lakh · left ₹53.38 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
10.2703, 77.8601 —
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