Periyakuthagai

Vedaranyam block · Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 614809 · village code 637829

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 2,531 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 1,390 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

2,531

Male / female

1,237 / 1,294

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,046

Children aged 0–6

253

Literacy rate

81.6%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

172 / 0

Working population

936

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

80.8%

Households

638

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school nearest 10 km away

Middle school

Yes

High school nearest 5 km away

Piped tap water

50 to 100% habitations covered

All-weather road nearest 5 km away

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

4-8 Hrs

Bank nearest 5 km away

Primary health centre

Sub Centre

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Common service centre

Separately located

Farming

Farm households

305

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

83%

Net sown area

66 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

66 / 0 / 66

Main irrigation source

Other

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Periyakuthagai 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

₹17.95 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹6.24 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹10.53 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹13.66 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹7.11 lakh · received ₹2.50 lakh · spent ₹4.31 lakh · left ₹5.30 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹10.84 lakh · received ₹3.74 lakh · spent ₹6.22 lakh · left ₹8.36 lakh

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

Location

10.3604, 79.8606 — view on OpenStreetMap

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