Darukapuram
Vasudevanallur block · Tenkasi
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 627755
· village code 642630
Population 2011
1,187
Census of India
Population 2020
1,595
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+34.4%
408 people · 3.3% a year
Households
550
+59.9% vs 344 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,187
Male / female
585 / 602
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,029
Children aged 0–6
117
Literacy rate
68.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
408 / 0
Working population
601
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
67.5%
Households
344
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
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
67
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
34
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Girls
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
320
Non-farm households
80
Share of households farming, 2020
80%
Net sown area
659 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
219 / 438 / 659
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Dharugapuram panchayat, Vasudevanallur 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
₹7.08 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹3.37 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹7.97 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹2.47 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹2.16 lakh · received ₹1.35 lakh · spent ₹2.93 lakh · left ₹57,930
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹4.92 lakh · received ₹2.02 lakh · spent ₹5.04 lakh · left ₹1.90 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
9.2432, 77.4014 —
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