Periakulam
Kadaladi block · Ramanathapuram
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 623703
· village code 642087
Population 2011
4,869
Census of India
Population 2020
3,750
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-23.0%
-1,119 people · -2.9% a year
Households
380
-63.7% vs 1,047 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,869
Male / female
2,455 / 2,414
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
983
Children aged 0–6
537
Literacy rate
65.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
48 / 0
Working population
1,821
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
20.0%
Households
1,047
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Periakulam A/E panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
15
Teachers
1
Students per teacher
15
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
150
Non-farm households
230
Share of households farming, 2020
39%
Net sown area
2,164 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2,164 / 983 / 1,179
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Periakulam A/E 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
₹26.85 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹6.59 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹28.77 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹4.67 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹10.06 lakh · received ₹2.64 lakh · spent ₹12.48 lakh · left ₹22,069
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹16.78 lakh · received ₹3.96 lakh · spent ₹16.29 lakh · left ₹4.45 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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