Tharuvaikulam
Ottapidaram block · Tuticorin
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 628105
· village code 642423
Population 2011
7,325
Census of India
Population 2020
8,872
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+21.1%
1,547 people · 2.2% a year
Households
2,241
+28.6% vs 1,743 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
7,325
Male / female
3,758 / 3,567
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
949
Children aged 0–6
1,056
Literacy rate
67.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,501 / 0
Working population
2,895
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
14.8%
Households
1,743
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
17
Students per teacher
27
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,500
Non-farm households
741
Share of households farming, 2020
67%
Net sown area
80 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
40 / 80 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Tharuvaikulam 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
₹81.47 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹20.20 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹57.33 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹44.34 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹17.28 lakh · received ₹8.08 lakh · spent ₹21.89 lakh · left ₹3.47 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹64.19 lakh · received ₹12.12 lakh · spent ₹35.44 lakh · left ₹40.87 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
8.8468, 77.8815 —
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