Karkoil
Sirkazhi block · Nagapattinam
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 609112
· village code 637423
Population 2011
1,663
Census of India
Population 2020
2,800
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+68.4%
1,137 people · 6.0% a year
Households
577
+48.0% vs 390 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,663
Male / female
836 / 827
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
989
Children aged 0–6
176
Literacy rate
62.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
839 / 0
Working population
731
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
81.1%
Households
390
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
No
High school
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
No
Primary health centre
No
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
57
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
14
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
480
Non-farm households
60
Share of households farming, 2020
89%
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Karkoil panchayat, Sirkali 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
₹29.07 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹5.67 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹14.81 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹19.93 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.46 lakh · received ₹2.27 lakh · spent ₹11.61 lakh · left ₹3.12 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹16.61 lakh · received ₹3.40 lakh · spent ₹3.21 lakh · left ₹16.81 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
11.2252, 79.7417 —
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