Keelanatham
Palayankottal block · Tirunelveli
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 627353
· village code 642892
Population 2011
11,570
Census of India
Population 2020
21,620
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+86.9%
10,050 people · 7.2% a year
Households
6,640
+120.4% vs 3,013 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
11,570
Male / female
5,754 / 5,816
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,011
Children aged 0–6
1,104
Literacy rate
84.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,729 / 11
Working population
4,213
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
21.6%
Households
3,013
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
CHC
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
17
Teachers
23
Students per teacher
1
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
900
Non-farm households
650
Share of households farming, 2020
58%
Net sown area
138 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
31 / 138 / 0
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Keelanatham 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
₹34.56 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹26.31 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹48.90 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹11.97 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹21.31 lakh · received ₹10.52 lakh · spent ₹23.92 lakh · left ₹7.92 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹13.24 lakh · received ₹15.79 lakh · spent ₹24.98 lakh · left ₹4.05 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
8.7568, 77.7714 —
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