Kovilpatti

Andipatti block · Theni district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 625562 · village code 641148

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 10,072 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 5,774 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

10,072

Male / female

5,144 / 4,928

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

958

Children aged 0–6

1,080

Literacy rate

65.2%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

1,724 / 0

Working population

5,184

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

60.3%

Households

2,666

Village facilities, 2020

This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was surveyed once by each. The figures below are from Rengasamudram panchayat's return.

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

50 to 100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank nearest 2 km away

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

111

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

300

Non-farm households

240

Share of households farming, 2020

56%

Net sown area

187 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

88 / 22 / 187

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Rengasamudram panchayat, Andipatti 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

₹5.64 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹13.47 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹18.94 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹17,118

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹26,457 · received ₹5.39 lakh · spent ₹5.65 lakh · left ₹0

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹5.38 lakh · received ₹8.08 lakh · spent ₹13.29 lakh · left ₹17,118

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

10.0000, 77.6115 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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