Keelapattam
Palayankottal block · Tirunelveli
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 627351
· village code 642888
Population 2011
2,365
Census of India
Population 2020
3,061
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+29.4%
696 people · 2.9% a year
Households
849
+38.0% vs 615 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,365
Male / female
1,163 / 1,202
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,034
Children aged 0–6
279
Literacy rate
67.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
948 / 0
Working population
1,140
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
30.4%
Households
615
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 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 1 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
94
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
19
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
730
Non-farm households
20
Share of households farming, 2020
97%
Net sown area
140 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
140 / 113 / 0
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Keelapattam 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
₹25.96 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹8.63 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹21.18 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹13.41 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.81 lakh · received ₹3.45 lakh · spent ₹12.26 lakh · left ₹0
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹17.15 lakh · received ₹5.18 lakh · spent ₹8.92 lakh · left ₹13.41 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
8.7339, 77.7747 —
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