Kovilur
Rajapalaiyam block · Virudhunagar
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 626121
· village code 641196
Population 2011
1,677
Census of India
Population 2020
1,813
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+8.1%
136 people · 0.9% a year
Households
548
+15.1% vs 476 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,677
Male / female
846 / 831
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
982
Children aged 0–6
186
Literacy rate
77.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
1,008
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
43.0%
Households
476
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
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
171
Teachers
9
Students per teacher
19
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
402
Non-farm households
126
Share of households farming, 2020
76%
Net sown area
355 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
160 / 355 / 0
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
South Devadhanam panchayat, Rajapalayam 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
₹55.20 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹10.29 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹35.34 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹30.15 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹23.94 lakh · received ₹4.12 lakh · spent ₹21.16 lakh · left ₹6.89 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹31.27 lakh · received ₹6.17 lakh · spent ₹14.18 lakh · left ₹23.26 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
9.3874, 77.4882 —
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