Peikulam
Kadaladi block · Ramanathapuram
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 623711
· village code 642056
Population 2011
5,361
Census of India
Population 2020
3,896
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-27.3%
-1,465 people · -3.5% a year
Households
567
-53.7% vs 1,225 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
5,361
Male / female
2,799 / 2,562
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
915
Children aged 0–6
595
Literacy rate
76.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,562 / 0
Working population
1,954
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
91.5%
Households
1,225
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 10 km away
No
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
55
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
9
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
500
Non-farm households
67
Share of households farming, 2020
88%
Net sown area
1,044 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
1,044 / 1,044 / 301
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Peikulam 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
₹27.16 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹4.77 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹21.27 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹10.66 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹5.07 lakh · received ₹1.91 lakh · spent ₹3.61 lakh · left ₹3.36 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹22.09 lakh · received ₹2.86 lakh · spent ₹17.66 lakh · left ₹7.30 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
9.2252, 78.5110 —
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