Araikkulam
Ottapidaram block · Tuticorin
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 628401
· village code 642416
Population 2011
713
Census of India
Population 2020
792
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.1%
79 people · 1.2% a year
Households
274
+35.0% vs 203 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
713
Male / female
366 / 347
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
948
Children aged 0–6
74
Literacy rate
62.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
495 / 0
Working population
467
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
82.4%
Households
203
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 2 km away
No
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Separately located
Farming
Farm households
200
Non-farm households
74
Share of households farming, 2020
73%
Net sown area
227 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
12 / 227 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Araikulam 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
₹21.82 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹3.39 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹13.35 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹11.87 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹10.90 lakh · received ₹1.36 lakh · spent ₹9.72 lakh · left ₹2.53 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹10.93 lakh · received ₹2.04 lakh · spent ₹3.63 lakh · left ₹9.33 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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