Kanadu
Manalmelkudi block · Pudukkottai
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 614621
· village code 639858
Population 2011
824
Census of India
Population 2020
1,225
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+48.7%
401 people · 4.5% a year
Households
247
+28.6% vs 192 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
824
Male / female
405 / 419
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,035
Children aged 0–6
85
Literacy rate
64.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
242 / 0
Working population
538
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
84.2%
Households
192
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Kanadu panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 5 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 nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 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
40
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
20
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
220
Non-farm households
27
Share of households farming, 2020
89%
Net sown area
149 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
0 / 149 / 8
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kanadu 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
₹11.31 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹3.62 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹9.89 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹5.04 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹5.39 lakh · received ₹1.45 lakh · spent ₹4.94 lakh · left ₹1.90 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹5.92 lakh · received ₹2.17 lakh · spent ₹4.95 lakh · left ₹3.14 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
10.0328, 79.2299 —
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