Valvachagostam

Thackalai block · Kanniyakumari district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 629158 · village code 643129

Population 2011

5,579

Census of India

Population 2020

6,595

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+18.2%

1,016 people · 1.9% a year

Households

2,601

+77.2% vs 1,468 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

5,579

Male / female

2,768 / 2,811

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,016

Children aged 0–6

505

Literacy rate

85.1%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

19 / 6

Working population

2,175

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

10.5%

Households

1,468

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank nearest 2 km away

Primary health centre

PHC

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

817

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

825

Non-farm households

1,776

Share of households farming, 2020

32%

Net sown area

321 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

0 / 321 / 4

Main irrigation source

Canals

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Maruthoorkurichy panchayat, Thuckalay 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

₹27.05 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹11.19 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹28.91 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹9.32 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹15.59 lakh · received ₹4.48 lakh · spent ₹10.80 lakh · left ₹9.26 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹11.46 lakh · received ₹6.71 lakh · spent ₹18.11 lakh · left ₹6,187

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

8.2523, 77.2867 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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