Kovilacheri
Kumbakonam block · Thanjavur
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 612503
· village code 638472
Population 2011
1,700
Census of India
Population 2020
1,728
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+1.6%
28 people · 0.2% a year
Households
736
+75.2% vs 420 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,700
Male / female
842 / 858
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,019
Children aged 0–6
183
Literacy rate
71.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
957 / 0
Working population
758
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
78.5%
Households
420
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 1 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
30
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
8
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
300
Non-farm households
200
Share of households farming, 2020
60%
Net sown area
80 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
47 / 80 / 67
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kovilacheri panchayat, Kumbakonam 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
₹20.67 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹5.90 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹9.18 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹17.40 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.81 lakh · received ₹2.36 lakh · spent ₹5.43 lakh · left ₹8.74 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹8.87 lakh · received ₹3.54 lakh · spent ₹3.75 lakh · left ₹8.66 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
10.9550, 79.4111 —
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