Uppukottai
Bodinayakkanur block · Theni
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 625534
· village code 641081
Population 2011
10,756
Census of India
Population 2020
8,710
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-19.0%
-2,046 people · -2.3% a year
Households
2,858
-0.9% vs 2,883 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
10,756
Male / female
5,415 / 5,341
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
986
Children aged 0–6
1,159
Literacy rate
64.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
4,205 / 0
Working population
5,732
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
74.1%
Households
2,883
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Uppukottai panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
252
Teachers
170
Students per teacher
2
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
936
Non-farm households
72
Share of households farming, 2020
93%
Net sown area
72 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
0 / 0 / 72
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Uppukottai panchayat, Bodinaickanur 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
₹78.71 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹25.86 lakh
Received directly
₹2.50 lakh
Spent
₹70.24 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹36.83 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹15.54 lakh · received ₹10.35 lakh · spent ₹25.87 lakh · left ₹2.52 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹63.17 lakh · received ₹15.52 lakh · spent ₹44.37 lakh · left ₹34.32 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
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