Kovilpathu
Thalanayar block · Nagapattinam
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 611112
· village code 637798
Population 2011
3,213
Census of India
Population 2020
3,850
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+19.8%
637 people · 2.0% a year
Households
1,024
+13.4% vs 903 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,213
Male / female
1,633 / 1,580
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
968
Children aged 0–6
309
Literacy rate
78.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
730 / 0
Working population
1,480
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
88.8%
Households
903
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
169
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
28
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
425
Non-farm households
125
Share of households farming, 2020
77%
Net sown area
258 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
258 / 258 / 0
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kovilpathu panchayat, Thalainayar 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
₹20.38 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹8.77 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹16.84 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹12.31 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.67 lakh · received ₹3.51 lakh · spent ₹6.40 lakh · left ₹8.77 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹8.71 lakh · received ₹5.26 lakh · spent ₹10.44 lakh · left ₹3.54 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
10.5586, 79.7650 —
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