Punajanur
Chamarajanagar block · Chamarajanagar
district, Karnataka · PIN 571127
· village code 619783
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 1,236 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 717 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
1,236
Male / female
614 / 622
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,013
Children aged 0–6
141
Literacy rate
53.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
75 / 286
Working population
721
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
70.5%
Households
334
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
39
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
13
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
85
Non-farm households
121
Share of households farming, 2020
41%
Net sown area
150 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
150 / 50 / 11
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Punajanuru panchayat, Chamarajanagar 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
₹66.01 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹35.91 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹49.02 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹52.90 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹32.89 lakh · received ₹14.36 lakh · spent ₹28.68 lakh · left ₹18.58 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹33.12 lakh · received ₹21.55 lakh · spent ₹20.35 lakh · left ₹34.32 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
11.9279, 76.9406 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Chamarajanagar district ·
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staffing across Chamarajanagar ·
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