Pothanikkad

Kothamangalam block · Ernakulam district, Kerala · PIN 686671 · village code 628046

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 19,309 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 10,221 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

19,309

Male / female

9,620 / 9,689

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,007

Children aged 0–6

2,038

Literacy rate

84.6%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

948 / 50

Working population

7,277

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

32.6%

Households

4,587

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

CHC

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

1,100

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

1,100

Non-farm households

1,082

Share of households farming, 2020

50%

Net sown area

1,567 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

4 / 10 / 1,567

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Pothanikkad panchayat, Kothamangalam 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

₹17.64 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹0

Received directly

₹54.43 lakh

Spent

₹33.13 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹38.94 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹7.90 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹12.77 lakh · left ₹11.89 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹9.75 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹20.36 lakh · left ₹27.05 lakh

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

Location

10.0541, 76.6180 — view on OpenStreetMap

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