Cherakulam

Karungulam block · Tuticorin district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 628622 · village code 642529

Population 2011

4,837

Census of India

Population 2020

3,570

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

-26.2%

-1,267 people · -3.3% a year

Households

1,120

-12.8% vs 1,285 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

4,837

Male / female

2,370 / 2,467

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,041

Children aged 0–6

506

Literacy rate

73.8%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

314 / 15

Working population

2,360

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

78.3%

Households

1,285

Village facilities, 2020

This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was surveyed once by each. The figures below are from Serakulam panchayat's return.

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

50 to 100% habitations covered

All-weather road nearest 10 km away

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank

Primary health centre

PHC

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

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

Teachers

200

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Serakulam 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

₹59.97 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹11.48 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹20.54 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹50.91 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹17.43 lakh · received ₹4.59 lakh · spent ₹7.10 lakh · left ₹14.93 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹42.53 lakh · received ₹6.89 lakh · spent ₹13.44 lakh · left ₹35.98 lakh

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

Location

8.5946, 77.8107 — view on OpenStreetMap

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