Vellagavi
Kodaikanal block · Dindigul
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 624101
· village code 635444
Population 2011
824
Census of India
Population 2020
1,465
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+77.8%
641 people · 6.6% a year
Households
333
+46.7% vs 227 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
824
Male / female
422 / 402
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
953
Children aged 0–6
101
Literacy rate
66.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
27 / 171
Working population
542
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
89.1%
Households
227
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 10 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
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
53
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
9
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
203
Non-farm households
91
Share of households farming, 2020
69%
Net sown area
949 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
19 / 502 / 949
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Vellakavi 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
₹20.24 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹4.05 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹7.07 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹17.22 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹4.83 lakh · received ₹1.62 lakh · spent ₹0 · left ₹6.45 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹15.41 lakh · received ₹2.43 lakh · spent ₹7.07 lakh · left ₹10.77 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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