Kovilthenkarai
Vadipatti block · Madurai
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 625207
· village code 640775
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 281 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 2,490 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
281
Male / female
137 / 144
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,051
Children aged 0–6
29
Literacy rate
69.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
108
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
47.2%
Households
84
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
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
77
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
19
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
96
Non-farm households
275
Share of households farming, 2020
26%
Net sown area
251 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
251 / 213 / 36
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Thenkarai panchayat, Vadipatti 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
₹39.05 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹10.11 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹41.53 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹7.62 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.38 lakh · received ₹4.04 lakh · spent ₹15.39 lakh · left ₹3,116
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹27.67 lakh · received ₹6.06 lakh · spent ₹26.15 lakh · left ₹7.59 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
10.0000, 77.9775 —
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Nearby villages
Kovilkurundhankulam
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Madurai district ·
School
staffing across Madurai ·
…and across Tamil Nadu