Achankuttam

Alangulam block · Tenkasi district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 627861 · village code 642737

Population 2011

4,072

Census of India

Population 2020

4,092

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+0.5%

20 people · 0.1% a year

Households

1,305

+24.6% vs 1,047 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

4,072

Male / female

2,057 / 2,015

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

980

Children aged 0–6

446

Literacy rate

72.9%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

84 / 0

Working population

2,407

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

26.1%

Households

1,047

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school nearest 2 km away

High school nearest 5 km away

Piped tap water

<50% habitation covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank nearest 5 km away

Primary health centre nearest 5 km away

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

265

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

302

Non-farm households

1,003

Share of households farming, 2020

23%

Net sown area

125 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

125 / 4 / 0

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Achankuttam panchayat, Alankulam 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

₹18.54 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹8.84 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹18.75 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹8.63 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹4.16 lakh · received ₹3.54 lakh · spent ₹7.70 lakh · left ₹0

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹14.38 lakh · received ₹5.30 lakh · spent ₹11.05 lakh · left ₹8.63 lakh

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

Location

8.8649, 77.4841 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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