Terku Kalmedu
Ottapidaram block · Tuticorin
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 628105
· village code 642398
Population 2011
1,320
Census of India
Population 2020
1,328
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+0.6%
8 people · 0.1% a year
Households
311
-11.1% vs 350 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,320
Male / female
670 / 650
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
970
Children aged 0–6
126
Literacy rate
70.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
320 / 0
Working population
695
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
58.3%
Households
350
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
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
78
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
39
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
302
Non-farm households
0
Share of households farming, 2020
100%
Net sown area
744 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
0 / 744 / 0
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Therkku Kalmedu panchayat, Ottapidaram 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
₹11.77 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹5.60 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹7.22 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹10.14 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹4.75 lakh · received ₹2.24 lakh · spent ₹3.77 lakh · left ₹3.22 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹7.01 lakh · received ₹3.36 lakh · spent ₹3.45 lakh · left ₹6.92 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
8.9009, 78.0207 —
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