Azhichikudi
Melbhuvanagiri block · Cuddalore
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 608601
· village code 636805
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 2,308 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 7,682 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
2,308
Male / female
1,211 / 1,097
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
906
Children aged 0–6
270
Literacy rate
75.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,366 / 0
Working population
1,241
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
67.8%
Households
563
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
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
60
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
12
Electricity
No
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
316
Non-farm households
199
Share of households farming, 2020
61%
Net sown area
176 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
176 / 45 / 20
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Azhichikudi 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
₹50.93 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹10.24 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹39.82 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹21.34 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹15.02 lakh · received ₹4.10 lakh · spent ₹16.84 lakh · left ₹2.28 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹35.91 lakh · received ₹6.14 lakh · spent ₹22.99 lakh · left ₹19.06 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
11.4595, 79.5865 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Cuddalore district ·
School
staffing across Cuddalore ·
…and across Tamil Nadu