Panchalamkurich
Ottapidaram block · Tuticorin
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 628401
· village code 642417
Population 2011
5,296
Census of India
Population 2020
6,370
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+20.3%
1,074 people · 2.1% a year
Households
1,050
-27.9% vs 1,457 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
5,296
Male / female
2,655 / 2,641
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
995
Children aged 0–6
630
Literacy rate
73.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
2,743 / 1
Working population
2,572
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
55.7%
Households
1,457
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 3 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Panchalankurichi panchayat's return.
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
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
CHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
450
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
64
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
500
Non-farm households
550
Share of households farming, 2020
48%
Net sown area
453 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
453 / 151 / 14
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Panchalankurichi 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
₹28.73 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹12.47 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹22.37 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹18.83 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹6.30 lakh · received ₹4.99 lakh · spent ₹10.13 lakh · left ₹1.16 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹22.43 lakh · received ₹7.48 lakh · spent ₹12.24 lakh · left ₹17.67 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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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Tuticorin district ·
School
staffing across Tuticorin ·
…and across Tamil Nadu