Palayankottai (Kilpathi)
Srimushnam block · Cuddalore
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 608701
· village code 636944
Population 2011
2,543
Census of India
Population 2020
2,632
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+3.5%
89 people · 0.4% a year
Households
700
+13.8% vs 615 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,543
Male / female
1,305 / 1,238
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
949
Children aged 0–6
250
Literacy rate
76.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
35 / 42
Working population
890
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
48.9%
Households
615
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
210
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
105
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
450
Non-farm households
250
Share of households farming, 2020
64%
Net sown area
344 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
266 / 344 / 122
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Palayankottaikeel panchayat, Srimushnam 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
₹21.94 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹5.42 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹16.91 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹10.45 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹10.55 lakh · received ₹2.17 lakh · spent ₹9.44 lakh · left ₹3.28 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹11.39 lakh · received ₹3.25 lakh · spent ₹7.47 lakh · left ₹7.17 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
11.3514, 79.4827 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Cuddalore district ·
School
staffing across Cuddalore ·
…and across Tamil Nadu