Balamadai
Vellore block · Vellore
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 632002
· village code 630828
Population 2011
2,004
Census of India
Population 2020
2,204
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+10.0%
200 people · 1.1% a year
Households
608
+25.9% vs 483 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,004
Male / female
1,009 / 995
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
986
Children aged 0–6
245
Literacy rate
51.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
191 / 23
Working population
925
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
62.4%
Households
483
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
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
103
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
17
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
12
Non-farm households
596
Share of households farming, 2020
2%
Net sown area
34 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
34 / 28 / 7
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Palamathi panchayat, Vellore 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
₹25.62 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹6.08 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹9.34 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹22.37 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.58 lakh · received ₹2.43 lakh · spent ₹4.79 lakh · left ₹6.22 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹17.04 lakh · received ₹3.65 lakh · spent ₹4.55 lakh · left ₹16.14 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
12.8829, 79.1639 —
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