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Kottur

Sriperumbudur block · Kanchipuram district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 631553 · village code 629214

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 2,145 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 1,271 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population
2,145
Male / female
1,090 / 1,055
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
968
Children aged 0–6
226
Literacy rate
67.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,196 / 15
Working population
1,002
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
50.8%
Households
581

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
32
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
6
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes

Farming

Farm households
75
Non-farm households
25
Share of households farming, 2020
75%
Net sown area
23 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
12 / 12 / 23
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Kottur panchayat, Sriperumbudur 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
₹18.66 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹4.28 lakh
Received directly
Spent
₹7.68 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹15.26 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹5.68 lakh · received ₹1.71 lakh · spent ₹4.21 lakh · left ₹3.18 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹12.98 lakh · received ₹2.57 lakh · spent ₹3.47 lakh · left ₹12.07 lakh

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

Location

12.9730, 79.8211 — view on OpenStreetMap

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