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Keelakkarai

Perambalur block · Perambalur district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 621219 · village code 636189

Population 2011
5,334
Census of India
Population 2020
7,562
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+41.8%
2,228 people · 4.0% a year
Households
7,562
+423.7% vs 1,444 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population
5,334
Male / female
2,694 / 2,640
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
980
Children aged 0–6
558
Literacy rate
64.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
673 / 6
Working population
3,297
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
72.7%
Households
1,444

Village facilities, 2020

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

Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
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
132
Teachers
16
Students per teacher
8
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes

Farming

Farm households
996
Non-farm households
655
Share of households farming, 2020
60%
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Vadakkumadevi panchayat, Perambalur 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
₹54.15 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹12.29 lakh
Received directly
Spent
₹28.22 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹38.22 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹15.13 lakh · received ₹4.91 lakh · spent ₹5.70 lakh · left ₹14.35 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹39.02 lakh · received ₹7.37 lakh · spent ₹22.52 lakh · left ₹23.86 lakh

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

Location

11.2432, 78.8833 — view on OpenStreetMap

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