Velakalahalli

Palakkodu block · Dharmapuri district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 636805 · village code 643205

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 5,184 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 1,032 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

5,184

Male / female

2,608 / 2,576

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

988

Children aged 0–6

606

Literacy rate

61.1%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

1,047 / 515

Working population

2,611

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

62.6%

Households

1,251

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

>12 hrs

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre

Sub Centre

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

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Drinking water

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

356

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

86%

Net sown area

162 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

162 / 25 / 25

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Golasanahalli panchayat, Palacode 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

₹21.15 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹10.91 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹9.82 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹22.24 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹8.43 lakh · received ₹4.36 lakh · spent ₹1.36 lakh · left ₹11.44 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹12.73 lakh · received ₹6.55 lakh · spent ₹8.46 lakh · left ₹10.81 lakh

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

Location

12.3784, 78.0486 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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