Karungulam
Karungulam block · Tuticorin
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 628615
· village code 642526
Population 2011
6,449
Census of India
Population 2020
5,539
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-14.1%
-910 people · -1.7% a year
Households
2,525
+45.0% vs 1,742 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
6,449
Male / female
3,128 / 3,321
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,062
Children aged 0–6
718
Literacy rate
73.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,858 / 3
Working population
2,714
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
47.0%
Households
1,742
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Karungulam panchayat's return.
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
No
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
250
Teachers
12
Students per teacher
21
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
2
Non-farm households
2
Share of households farming, 2020
50%
Net sown area
429 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
429 / 42 / 47
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Karungulam panchayat, Karungulam 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
₹58.88 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹16.99 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹32.54 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹43.33 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹17.01 lakh · received ₹6.79 lakh · spent ₹16.22 lakh · left ₹7.58 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹41.88 lakh · received ₹10.19 lakh · spent ₹16.32 lakh · left ₹35.75 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
8.6306, 77.8728 —
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