Karakottai
Nidamangalam block · Thiruvarur
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 614013
· village code 638224
Population 2011
2,117
Census of India
Population 2020
1,875
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-11.4%
-242 people · -1.3% a year
Households
621
+8.4% vs 573 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,117
Male / female
1,052 / 1,065
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,012
Children aged 0–6
186
Literacy rate
65.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
311 / 0
Working population
1,116
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
81.5%
Households
573
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 10 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 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
98
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
33
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
153
Non-farm households
141
Share of households farming, 2020
52%
Net sown area
284 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
284 / 54 / 21
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Karakkottai panchayat, Needamangalam 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
₹18.04 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹5.45 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹8.86 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹14.63 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹14.95 lakh · received ₹2.18 lakh · spent ₹3.93 lakh · left ₹13.19 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹3.09 lakh · received ₹3.27 lakh · spent ₹4.93 lakh · left ₹1.43 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
10.7387, 79.4270 —
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Nearby villages
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