Bikkanapalli

Shoolagiri block · Krishnagiri district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 635115 · village code 643846

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 981 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 7,366 — 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

981

Male / female

489 / 492

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,006

Children aged 0–6

115

Literacy rate

54.9%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

0 / 70

Working population

489

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

54.2%

Households

209

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 nearest 2 km away

Primary health centre

PHC

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Yes

Common service centre

No CSC

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Melumalai panchayat, Shoolagiri 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

₹1.28 crore

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹29.36 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹87.86 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹69.94 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹34.70 lakh · received ₹11.74 lakh · spent ₹27.17 lakh · left ₹19.28 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹93.74 lakh · received ₹17.62 lakh · spent ₹60.69 lakh · left ₹50.66 lakh

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

Location

12.6126, 78.0824 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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