Karendal
Ramanathapuram block · Ramanathapuram
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 623530
· village code 642106
Population 2011
1,027
Census of India
Population 2020
1,313
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+27.9%
286 people · 2.8% a year
Households
460
+89.3% vs 243 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,027
Male / female
520 / 507
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
975
Children aged 0–6
92
Literacy rate
68.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
392 / 0
Working population
338
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
95.9%
Households
243
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Karendhal panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
CHC
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
74
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
19
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
5
Non-farm households
455
Share of households farming, 2020
1%
Net sown area
314 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
314 / 229 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Karendhal panchayat, Ramanathapuram 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
₹16.42 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹4.15 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹12.91 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹7.66 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹10.01 lakh · received ₹1.66 lakh · spent ₹5.77 lakh · left ₹5.90 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹6.42 lakh · received ₹2.49 lakh · spent ₹7.14 lakh · left ₹1.76 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
9.4210, 78.8965 —
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