Chiramadam

Thovala block · Kanniyakumari district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 629851 · village code 643150

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 1,321 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 3,786 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

1,321

Male / female

669 / 652

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

975

Children aged 0–6

117

Literacy rate

80.7%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

15 / 0

Working population

520

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

46.1%

Households

393

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school nearest 2 km away

High school nearest 5 km away

Piped tap water

<50% habitation covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank nearest 2 km away

Primary health centre

PHC

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

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

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

672

Non-farm households

453

Share of households farming, 2020

60%

Net sown area

100 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

100 / 100 / 0

Main irrigation source

Other

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Gnalam panchayat, Thovalai 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

₹30.49 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹11.96 lakh

Received directly

₹3.00 lakh

Spent

₹21.66 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹23.79 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹12.60 lakh · received ₹4.78 lakh · spent ₹14.24 lakh · left ₹6.14 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹17.89 lakh · received ₹7.18 lakh · spent ₹7.42 lakh · left ₹17.65 lakh

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

Location

8.2523, 77.4324 — view on OpenStreetMap

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