Shankaralinapuram

Pudur block · Tuticorin district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 628904 · village code 642316

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 3,801 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 2,252 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

3,801

Male / female

1,865 / 1,936

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,038

Children aged 0–6

386

Literacy rate

65.6%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

445 / 0

Working population

2,329

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

65.8%

Households

988

Village facilities, 2020

This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was surveyed once by each. The figures below are from Chinnavanaickenpatti panchayat's return.

Primary school

Yes

Middle school nearest 2 km away

High school nearest 2 km away

Piped tap water

100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank nearest 2 km away

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

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

217

Non-farm households

241

Share of households farming, 2020

47%

Net sown area

956 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

0 / 956 / 75

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Chinnavanaickenpatti panchayat, Pudur 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

₹27.19 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹5.34 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹29.98 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹2.55 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹14.22 lakh · received ₹2.14 lakh · spent ₹16.35 lakh · left ₹0

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹12.97 lakh · received ₹3.20 lakh · spent ₹13.62 lakh · left ₹2.55 lakh

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

Location

9.2973, 78.1437 — view on OpenStreetMap

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