Pechikulam
Madurai West block · Madurai
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 625017
· village code 640628
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 1,060 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 205 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
1,060
Male / female
504 / 556
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,103
Children aged 0–6
96
Literacy rate
76.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
454 / 0
Working population
285
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
34.4%
Households
153
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 5 km away
No
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi nearest 2 km away
No
Internet
No
Common service centre
Separately located
Farming
Farm households
35
Non-farm households
20
Share of households farming, 2020
64%
Net sown area
72 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
59 / 59 / 72
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Petchikulam panchayat, Madurai West 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
₹34.55 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹9.00 lakh
Received directly
₹82,779
Spent
₹25.96 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹18.42 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.24 lakh · received ₹3.60 lakh · spent ₹6.79 lakh · left ₹8.88 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹23.31 lakh · received ₹5.40 lakh · spent ₹19.17 lakh · left ₹9.54 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
10.0000, 78.1604 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Madurai district ·
School
staffing across Madurai ·
…and across Tamil Nadu