Kilakottai

Athoor block · Dindigul district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 624303 · village code 635427

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 8,922 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 4,831 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

8,922

Male / female

4,300 / 4,622

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,075

Children aged 0–6

800

Literacy rate

77.4%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

1,281 / 15

Working population

3,936

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

55.0%

Households

1,985

Village facilities, 2020

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

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Auto

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre

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

402

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

122

Non-farm households

676

Share of households farming, 2020

15%

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Gandhigramam 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

₹51.60 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹12.37 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹29.56 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹34.41 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹16.08 lakh · received ₹4.95 lakh · spent ₹14.61 lakh · left ₹6.42 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹35.52 lakh · received ₹7.42 lakh · spent ₹14.94 lakh · left ₹28.00 lakh

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

Location

10.2749, 77.8993 — view on OpenStreetMap

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