Achalpuram

Kollidam block · Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 609101 · village code 637362

Population 2011

4,630

Census of India

Population 2020

8,780

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+89.6%

4,150 people · 7.4% a year

Households

1,210

-0.9% vs 1,221 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

4,630

Male / female

2,262 / 2,368

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,047

Children aged 0–6

495

Literacy rate

72.3%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

1,919 / 0

Working population

1,711

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

66.7%

Households

1,221

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre nearest 2 km away

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Yes

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

643

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Girls

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

1,008

Non-farm households

112

Share of households farming, 2020

90%

Net sown area

35 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

35 / 34 / 0

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Achalpuram panchayat, Kollidam 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

₹46.14 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹14.01 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹43.93 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹16.22 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹14.06 lakh · received ₹5.60 lakh · spent ₹18.46 lakh · left ₹1.20 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹32.08 lakh · received ₹8.40 lakh · spent ₹25.47 lakh · left ₹15.01 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

11.2962, 79.7502 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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