Palnankuppam
Tiruppattur block · Tirupathur
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 635601
· village code 631094
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 8,458 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 2,861 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
8,458
Male / female
4,206 / 4,252
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,011
Children aged 0–6
883
Literacy rate
68.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,939 / 17
Working population
4,208
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
59.2%
Households
1,972
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 4 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Palnankuppam panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
15
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
8
Electricity
No
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
12
Non-farm households
72
Share of households farming, 2020
14%
Net sown area
33 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
33 / 33 / 2
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Palnankuppam panchayat, Thirupathur 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
₹31.22 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹6.47 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹16.52 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹21.18 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹16.19 lakh · received ₹2.59 lakh · spent ₹3.99 lakh · left ₹14.78 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹15.04 lakh · received ₹3.88 lakh · spent ₹12.53 lakh · left ₹6.39 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
12.4865, 78.5609 —
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