Koovanuthu
Nilakottai block · Dindigul
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 624208
· village code 635469
Population 2011
2,419
Census of India
Population 2020
3,035
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+25.5%
616 people · 2.6% a year
Households
770
+29.6% vs 594 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,419
Male / female
1,200 / 1,219
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,016
Children aged 0–6
319
Literacy rate
60.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,117 / 0
Working population
1,396
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
78.0%
Households
594
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 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
137
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
20
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
375
Non-farm households
395
Share of households farming, 2020
49%
Net sown area
264 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
0 / 264 / 0
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Koovanuthu panchayat, Nilakottai 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
₹35.12 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹8.17 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹17.75 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹25.54 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹17.55 lakh · received ₹3.27 lakh · spent ₹5.57 lakh · left ₹15.25 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹17.57 lakh · received ₹4.90 lakh · spent ₹12.19 lakh · left ₹10.29 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
10.1622, 77.8519 —
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