Karakathikkottai
Manalmelkudi block · Pudukkottai
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 614619
· village code 639852
Population 2011
1,695
Census of India
Population 2020
1,520
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-10.3%
-175 people · -1.2% a year
Households
260
-34.0% vs 394 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,695
Male / female
872 / 823
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
944
Children aged 0–6
164
Literacy rate
73.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
224 / 0
Working population
780
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
90.5%
Households
394
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
65
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
11
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
250
Non-farm households
4
Share of households farming, 2020
98%
Net sown area
433 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
0 / 433 / 0
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Karakathikottai panchayat, Manamelkudi 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
₹37.57 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹6.50 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹17.59 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹26.48 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹14.17 lakh · received ₹2.60 lakh · spent ₹7.65 lakh · left ₹9.12 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹23.40 lakh · received ₹3.90 lakh · spent ₹9.93 lakh · left ₹17.37 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
9.9820, 79.1806 —
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