Appanur

Kadaladi block · Ramanathapuram district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 623703 · village code 642051

Population 2011

3,329

Census of India

Population 2020

5,865

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+76.2%

2,536 people · 6.5% a year

Households

1,435

+70.6% vs 841 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

3,329

Male / female

1,664 / 1,665

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,001

Children aged 0–6

329

Literacy rate

75.4%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

124 / 0

Working population

1,819

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

90.7%

Households

841

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

50 to 100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Auto

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre

PHC

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

147

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

900

Non-farm households

132

Share of households farming, 2020

87%

Net sown area

611 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

0 / 611 / 0

Main irrigation source

Canals

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Appanur panchayat, Kadaladi 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

₹25.38 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹10.13 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹26.31 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹9.20 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹14.23 lakh · received ₹4.05 lakh · spent ₹16.56 lakh · left ₹1.72 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹11.15 lakh · received ₹6.08 lakh · spent ₹9.75 lakh · left ₹7.48 lakh

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

Location

9.2432, 78.4967 — view on OpenStreetMap

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