Pappakudi (South)

Jayamkondam block · Ariyalur district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 612903 · village code 636351

Population 2011

6,133

Census of India

Population 2020

5,120

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

-16.5%

-1,013 people · -2.0% a year

Households

1,249

-20.3% vs 1,568 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

6,133

Male / female

2,989 / 3,144

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,052

Children aged 0–6

635

Literacy rate

69.2%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

1,167 / 107

Working population

2,753

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

73.5%

Households

1,568

Village facilities, 2020

This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was surveyed once by each. The figures below are from Melanikuzhi 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

>12 hrs

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre nearest 10 km away

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

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

379

Non-farm households

425

Share of households farming, 2020

47%

Net sown area

420 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

420 / 316 / 134

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Melanikuzhi panchayat, Jayamkondam 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

₹69.49 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹9.49 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹34.98 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹44.00 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹15.75 lakh · received ₹3.80 lakh · spent ₹13.12 lakh · left ₹6.42 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹53.74 lakh · received ₹5.70 lakh · spent ₹21.86 lakh · left ₹37.58 lakh

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

Location

11.2252, 79.3560 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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