Achangulam
Kayathar block · Tuticorin
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 628718
· village code 642205
Population 2011
1,682
Census of India
Population 2020
2,513
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+49.4%
831 people · 4.6% a year
Households
850
+87.6% vs 453 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,682
Male / female
847 / 835
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
986
Children aged 0–6
180
Literacy rate
65.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
877 / 0
Working population
905
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
45.1%
Households
453
Village facilities, 2020
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 nearest 5 km away
No
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
20
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
10
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
60
Non-farm households
40
Share of households farming, 2020
60%
Net sown area
40 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
40 / 0 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Achankulam panchayat, Kayathar 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
₹16.70 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹6.49 lakh
Received directly
₹10,019
Spent
₹2.34 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹20.96 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.93 lakh · received ₹2.60 lakh · spent ₹0 · left ₹15.63 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹3.77 lakh · received ₹3.89 lakh · spent ₹2.34 lakh · left ₹5.33 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
9.1712, 77.8784 —
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