Palakkollai
Kammapuram block · Cuddalore
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 606151
· village code 637085
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 4,018 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 1,884 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
4,018
Male / female
2,013 / 2,005
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
996
Children aged 0–6
490
Literacy rate
56.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,593 / 0
Working population
2,135
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
75.8%
Households
885
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 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
450
Teachers
9
Students per teacher
50
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
205
Non-farm households
300
Share of households farming, 2020
41%
Net sown area
65 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
35 / 65 / 0
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Palakollai panchayat, Kammapuram 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
₹40.86 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹12.46 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹22.75 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹30.57 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹21.10 lakh · received ₹4.98 lakh · spent ₹8.18 lakh · left ₹17.90 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹19.76 lakh · received ₹7.48 lakh · spent ₹14.57 lakh · left ₹12.67 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
11.4775, 79.4261 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Cuddalore district ·
School
staffing across Cuddalore ·
…and across Tamil Nadu