Velakalahalli
Krishnagiri block · Krishnagiri
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 635122
· village code 643975
Population 2011
1,673
Census of India
Population 2020
2,051
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+22.6%
378 people · 2.3% a year
Households
528
+25.7% vs 420 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,673
Male / female
844 / 829
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
982
Children aged 0–6
207
Literacy rate
54.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
275 / 90
Working population
959
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
86.7%
Households
420
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
1-4 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
64
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
16
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
467
Non-farm households
43
Share of households farming, 2020
92%
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Velagalahalli panchayat, Krishnagiri 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
₹20.91 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹5.87 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹20.33 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹6.45 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.00 lakh · received ₹2.35 lakh · spent ₹10.90 lakh · left ₹2.45 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹9.91 lakh · received ₹3.52 lakh · spent ₹9.44 lakh · left ₹4.00 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
12.5479, 78.2559 —
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