Ottappidaram

Ottapidaram block · Tuticorin district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 628401 · village code 642427

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 7,963 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 4,120 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

7,963

Male / female

4,000 / 3,963

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

991

Children aged 0–6

864

Literacy rate

75.5%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

4,329 / 57

Working population

3,777

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

43.2%

Households

2,099

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre

PHC

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

282

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

623

Non-farm households

737

Share of households farming, 2020

46%

Net sown area

1,108 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

2 / 1,108 / 2

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Ottapidaram 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

₹1.55 crore

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹31.13 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹1.04 crore

Unspent at year end

₹82.09 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹57.16 lakh · received ₹12.45 lakh · spent ₹53.06 lakh · left ₹16.54 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹98.11 lakh · received ₹18.68 lakh · spent ₹51.24 lakh · left ₹65.55 lakh

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

Location

8.9059, 78.0203 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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