Thalaikulam (Then)
Melbhuvanagiri block · Cuddalore
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 608704
· village code 636781
Population 2011
481
Census of India
Population 2020
815
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+69.4%
334 people · 6.0% a year
Households
120
-4.8% vs 126 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
481
Male / female
228 / 253
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,110
Children aged 0–6
44
Literacy rate
66.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1 / 0
Working population
259
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
87.3%
Households
126
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 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
23
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
12
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
22
Non-farm households
28
Share of households farming, 2020
44%
Net sown area
202 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
202 / 202 / 0
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Vadathalaikulam panchayat, Melbhuvanagiri 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
₹21.31 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹6.68 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹18.78 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹9.21 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.52 lakh · received ₹2.67 lakh · spent ₹15.10 lakh · left ₹9,182
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹8.79 lakh · received ₹4.01 lakh · spent ₹3.68 lakh · left ₹9.12 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
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How this village compares
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population changes in Cuddalore district ·
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staffing across Cuddalore ·
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