Koonthakulam
Nanguneri block · Tirunelveli
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 627355
· village code 643028
Population 2011
1,530
Census of India
Population 2020
1,743
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+13.9%
213 people · 1.5% a year
Households
510
+20.9% vs 422 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,530
Male / female
743 / 787
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,059
Children aged 0–6
189
Literacy rate
72.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
242 / 0
Working population
796
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
40.1%
Households
422
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
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 5 km away
No
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
26
Teachers
27
Students per teacher
1
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
255
Non-farm households
172
Share of households farming, 2020
60%
Net sown area
263 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
0 / 263 / 0
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Koonthankulam panchayat, Nanguneri 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
₹13.40 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹5.00 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹6.01 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹12.39 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹3.79 lakh · received ₹2.00 lakh · spent ₹86,000 · left ₹4.94 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹9.60 lakh · received ₹3.00 lakh · spent ₹5.15 lakh · left ₹7.46 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
8.5045, 77.7741 —
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