Vadagounchi
Kodaikanal block · Dindigul
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 624101
· village code 635436
Population 2011
4,434
Census of India
Population 2020
6,061
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+36.7%
1,627 people · 3.5% a year
Households
2,750
+131.1% vs 1,190 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,434
Male / female
2,259 / 2,175
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
963
Children aged 0–6
482
Literacy rate
61.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
872 / 755
Working population
2,795
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
92.2%
Households
1,190
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
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
16
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
2
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
450
Non-farm households
1,368
Share of households farming, 2020
25%
Net sown area
96 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
96 / 96 / 0
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Vadakavunji panchayat, Kodaikanal 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
₹1.79 crore
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹28.40 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹77.65 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹1.30 crore
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹63.62 lakh · received ₹11.36 lakh · spent ₹20.60 lakh · left ₹54.38 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹1.15 crore · received ₹17.04 lakh · spent ₹57.05 lakh · left ₹75.25 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
10.2703, 77.5488 —
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