Katchur
Poondi block · Thiruvallur
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 602026
· village code 628829
Population 2011
4,007
Census of India
Population 2020
2,891
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-27.9%
-1,116 people · -3.6% a year
Households
658
-35.0% vs 1,013 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,007
Male / female
2,042 / 1,965
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
962
Children aged 0–6
390
Literacy rate
58.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,338 / 297
Working population
1,819
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
80.2%
Households
1,013
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Katchur panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
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
121
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
24
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
610
Non-farm households
48
Share of households farming, 2020
93%
Net sown area
246 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
246 / 0 / 141
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Katchur panchayat, Poondi 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
₹61.30 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹8.70 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹23.64 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹46.37 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹31.00 lakh · received ₹3.48 lakh · spent ₹17.04 lakh · left ₹17.44 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹30.31 lakh · received ₹5.22 lakh · spent ₹6.60 lakh · left ₹28.93 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
13.2973, 79.8896 —
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