Veppankulam
Palayankottal block · Tirunelveli
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 627358
· village code 642862
Population 2011
1,537
Census of India
Population 2020
1,250
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-18.7%
-287 people · -2.3% a year
Households
320
-21.6% vs 408 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,537
Male / female
782 / 755
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
965
Children aged 0–6
175
Literacy rate
69.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
692 / 6
Working population
751
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
61.0%
Households
408
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
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
30
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
15
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
170
Non-farm households
97
Share of households farming, 2020
64%
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Ramayanpatti panchayat, Palayamkottai 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
₹40.19 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹29.21 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹19.53 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹49.87 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹10.70 lakh · received ₹11.68 lakh · spent ₹9.11 lakh · left ₹13.27 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹29.49 lakh · received ₹17.53 lakh · spent ₹10.43 lakh · left ₹36.59 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
8.7387, 77.7312 —
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