Vadugachery

Nagappattinam block · Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 611109 · village code 637700

Population 2011

1,512

Census of India

Population 2020

1,587

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+5.0%

75 people · 0.5% a year

Households

470

+8.1% vs 435 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

1,512

Male / female

737 / 775

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,052

Children aged 0–6

159

Literacy rate

71.0%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

865 / 3

Working population

904

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

79.1%

Households

435

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school nearest 5 km away

Piped tap water

100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank nearest 2 km away

Primary health centre

PHC

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

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

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

294

Non-farm households

107

Share of households farming, 2020

73%

Net sown area

271 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

271 / 0 / 0

Main irrigation source

Canals

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Vadugacheri panchayat, Nagapattinam 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

₹18.63 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹5.49 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹16.61 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹7.50 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹8.23 lakh · received ₹2.19 lakh · spent ₹8.70 lakh · left ₹1.73 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹10.39 lakh · received ₹3.29 lakh · spent ₹7.91 lakh · left ₹5.77 lakh

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

Location

10.7748, 79.8217 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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