Edaicode
Melpuram block · Kanniyakumari
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 629152
· village code 643094
Population 2011
8,459
Census of India
Population 2020
8,451
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-0.1%
-8 people · -0.0% a year
Households
2,554
+19.2% vs 2,143 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
8,459
Male / female
4,191 / 4,268
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,018
Children aged 0–6
824
Literacy rate
83.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
235 / 48
Working population
3,304
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
29.4%
Households
2,143
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
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
112
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
22
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,954
Non-farm households
600
Share of households farming, 2020
77%
Net sown area
2 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2 / 2 / 2
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Devicode panchayat, Melpuram 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
₹16.16 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹17.62 lakh
Received directly
₹4.50 lakh
Spent
₹34.94 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹3.33 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹4.59 lakh · received ₹7.05 lakh · spent ₹10.70 lakh · left ₹94,207
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹11.57 lakh · received ₹10.57 lakh · spent ₹24.24 lakh · left ₹2.39 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
8.3784, 77.1841 —
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