Tenkarai
Thirumarugal block · Nagapattinam
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 609701
· village code 637657
Population 2011
888
Census of India
Population 2020
968
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+9.0%
80 people · 1.0% a year
Households
812
+259.3% vs 226 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
888
Male / female
448 / 440
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
982
Children aged 0–6
97
Literacy rate
78.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
290 / 0
Working population
337
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
78.9%
Households
226
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
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
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
38
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
19
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
310
Non-farm households
32
Share of households farming, 2020
91%
Net sown area
91 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
39 / 91 / 4
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Vadakarai 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
₹46.90 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹7.94 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹25.37 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹29.47 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹24.35 lakh · received ₹3.18 lakh · spent ₹8.53 lakh · left ₹19.00 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹22.55 lakh · received ₹4.77 lakh · spent ₹16.84 lakh · left ₹10.47 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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