Tenkuthu
Kurinjipadi block · Cuddalore
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 607303
· village code 636697
Population 2011
4,472
Census of India
Population 2020
3,531
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-21.0%
-941 people · -2.6% a year
Households
786
-30.2% vs 1,126 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,472
Male / female
2,295 / 2,177
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
949
Children aged 0–6
565
Literacy rate
66.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,534 / 20
Working population
1,931
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
62.3%
Households
1,126
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 2 km away
No
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Separately located
Farming
Farm households
44
Non-farm households
93
Share of households farming, 2020
32%
Net sown area
59 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
59 / 0 / 0
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Vanathirayapuram panchayat, Kurinjipadi 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
₹19.80 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹15.67 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹25.75 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹9.72 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹6.00 lakh · received ₹6.27 lakh · spent ₹6.37 lakh · left ₹5.89 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹13.81 lakh · received ₹9.40 lakh · spent ₹19.38 lakh · left ₹3.83 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
11.5718, 79.6078 —
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