Thenkarai
Kallal block · Sivaganga
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 630207
· village code 640025
Population 2011
2,273
Census of India
Population 2020
4,018
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+76.8%
1,745 people · 6.5% a year
Households
1,450
+174.1% vs 529 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,273
Male / female
1,147 / 1,126
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
982
Children aged 0–6
250
Literacy rate
68.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
507 / 0
Working population
887
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
61.6%
Households
529
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Siravayal panchayat's return.
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
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
70
Teachers
60
Students per teacher
1
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
730
Non-farm households
601
Share of households farming, 2020
55%
Net sown area
160 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
3 / 157 / 160
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Siravayal panchayat, Kallal 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
₹89.51 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹11.43 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹29.26 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹71.69 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹54.26 lakh · received ₹4.57 lakh · spent ₹9.71 lakh · left ₹49.13 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹35.24 lakh · received ₹6.86 lakh · spent ₹19.55 lakh · left ₹22.56 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
10.1081, 78.6624 —
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