Porakudi
Thirumarugal block · Nagapattinam
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 609503
· village code 637637
Population 2011
1,640
Census of India
Population 2020
2,976
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+81.5%
1,336 people · 6.8% a year
Households
445
+9.6% vs 406 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,640
Male / female
813 / 827
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,017
Children aged 0–6
203
Literacy rate
72.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
913 / 145
Working population
791
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
68.8%
Households
406
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 1 km away
No
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 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
366
Non-farm households
77
Share of households farming, 2020
83%
Net sown area
40 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
0 / 40 / 0
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Ambal panchayat, Thirumarugal 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
₹94.59 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹13.46 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹50.37 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹57.69 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹42.33 lakh · received ₹5.38 lakh · spent ₹32.19 lakh · left ₹15.52 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹52.26 lakh · received ₹8.08 lakh · spent ₹18.17 lakh · left ₹42.16 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
10.8649, 79.7356 —
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