Palankottai
Kuruvikulam block · Tenkasi
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 628552
· village code 642694
Population 2011
7,915
Census of India
Population 2020
7,992
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+1.0%
77 people · 0.1% a year
Households
2,416
+9.8% vs 2,201 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
7,915
Male / female
3,900 / 4,015
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,029
Children aged 0–6
929
Literacy rate
65.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
5,682 / 0
Working population
4,238
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
69.0%
Households
2,201
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
534
Teachers
28
Students per teacher
19
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,415
Non-farm households
1,001
Share of households farming, 2020
59%
Net sown area
1,441 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
1,441 / 170 / 1,441
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Palankottai 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
₹77.76 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹31.03 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹50.49 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹58.29 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹38.55 lakh · received ₹12.41 lakh · spent ₹13.61 lakh · left ₹37.34 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹39.21 lakh · received ₹18.62 lakh · spent ₹36.88 lakh · left ₹20.94 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
9.1367, 77.6962 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Tenkasi district ·
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staffing across Tenkasi ·
…and across Tamil Nadu