Palakurichy
Mannargudi block · Thiruvarur
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 610206
· village code 638193
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 1,526 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 16,738 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
1,526
Male / female
772 / 754
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
977
Children aged 0–6
144
Literacy rate
67.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,034 / 0
Working population
845
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
85.7%
Households
391
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
6
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
3
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
2
Non-farm households
0
Share of households farming, 2020
100%
Net sown area
277 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
78 / 277 / 140
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Palakkurichi panchayat, Mannargudi 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
₹28.03 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹6.56 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹13.25 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹21.34 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.14 lakh · received ₹2.62 lakh · spent ₹3.62 lakh · left ₹8.14 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹18.90 lakh · received ₹3.94 lakh · spent ₹9.64 lakh · left ₹13.20 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
10.6667, 79.4448 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Thiruvarur district ·
School
staffing across Thiruvarur ·
…and across Tamil Nadu