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Alagapuri

Kuruvikulam block · Tenkasi district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 627719 · village code 642666

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 3,405 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 1,807 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population
3,405
Male / female
1,671 / 1,734
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,038
Children aged 0–6
370
Literacy rate
63.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,698 / 0
Working population
1,843
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
68.4%
Households
939

Village facilities, 2020

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

Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
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
109
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
22
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes

Farming

Farm households
452
Non-farm households
54
Share of households farming, 2020
89%
Net sown area
245 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
245 / 0 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Alagapuri panchayat, Kuruvikulam 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
₹24.77 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹5.52 lakh
Received directly
Spent
₹9.91 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹20.38 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.06 lakh · received ₹2.21 lakh · spent ₹4.12 lakh · left ₹10.15 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹12.70 lakh · received ₹3.31 lakh · spent ₹5.78 lakh · left ₹10.23 lakh

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

Location

9.2202, 77.6220 — view on OpenStreetMap

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