Kottagudi
Melur block · Madurai
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 625106
· village code 640542
Population 2011
3,272
Census of India
Population 2020
5,425
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+65.8%
2,153 people · 5.8% a year
Households
1,127
+23.9% vs 910 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,272
Male / female
1,593 / 1,679
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,054
Children aged 0–6
358
Literacy rate
59.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
308 / 0
Working population
1,687
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
79.8%
Households
910
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
only one habitation is covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
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
3
Students per teacher
23
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
823
Non-farm households
304
Share of households farming, 2020
73%
Net sown area
105 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
105 / 56 / 3
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kottakudi panchayat, Melur 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
₹21.52 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹11.92 lakh
Received directly
₹3.19 lakh
Spent
₹28.91 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹7.72 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹2.80 lakh · received ₹4.77 lakh · spent ₹5.32 lakh · left ₹5.44 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹18.72 lakh · received ₹7.15 lakh · spent ₹23.59 lakh · left ₹2.28 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
10.0180, 78.3660 —
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