Padukalanatham
Vriddhachalam block · Cuddalore
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 606302
· village code 637143
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 1,165 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 315 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
1,165
Male / female
620 / 545
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
879
Children aged 0–6
173
Literacy rate
57.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
775 / 0
Working population
737
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
80.2%
Households
288
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 nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
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
20
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
10
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Vilankattur panchayat, Vridhachalam 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
₹42.46 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹12.69 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹7.18 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹47.97 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹18.66 lakh · received ₹5.08 lakh · spent ₹6.69 lakh · left ₹17.05 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹23.80 lakh · received ₹7.61 lakh · spent ₹48,892 · left ₹30.92 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
11.6577, 79.5325 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Cuddalore district ·
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staffing across Cuddalore ·
…and across Tamil Nadu