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Chettipulam

Vedaranyam block · Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 614806 · village code 637811

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 10,367 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 5,704 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population
10,367
Male / female
5,269 / 5,098
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
968
Children aged 0–6
959
Literacy rate
74.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,363 / 0
Working population
4,854
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
82.8%
Households
2,850

Village facilities, 2020

This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was surveyed once by each. The figures below are from Chettipulam panchayat's return.

Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
29
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
15
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Girls
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes

Farming

Farm households
1,136
Non-farm households
500
Share of households farming, 2020
69%
Net sown area
25 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
0 / 25 / 6
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Chettipulam panchayat, Vedaranyam 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
₹49.94 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹12.60 lakh
Received directly
Spent
₹44.62 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹17.92 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹18.96 lakh · received ₹5.04 lakh · spent ₹23.36 lakh · left ₹63,934
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹30.98 lakh · received ₹7.56 lakh · spent ₹21.25 lakh · left ₹17.28 lakh

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

Location

10.4605, 79.7646 — view on OpenStreetMap

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