Puthagaram

Jolarpet block · Tirupathur district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 635651 · village code 631099

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 9,434 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 4,890 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

9,434

Male / female

4,831 / 4,603

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

953

Children aged 0–6

1,150

Literacy rate

61.8%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

922 / 0

Working population

4,825

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

45.8%

Households

2,265

Village facilities, 2020

This village spans 3 gram panchayats and was surveyed once by each. The figures below are from Kalnarsampatti panchayat's return.

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

<50% habitation covered

All-weather road nearest 5 km away

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank nearest 1 km away

Primary health centre

PHC

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

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

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Drinking water

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

537

Non-farm households

425

Share of households farming, 2020

56%

Net sown area

578 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

254 / 578 / 578

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Kalnarsampatti panchayat, Jolarpet 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

₹28.54 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹7.85 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹27.10 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹9.28 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹20.26 lakh · received ₹3.14 lakh · spent ₹15.81 lakh · left ₹7.59 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹8.28 lakh · received ₹4.71 lakh · spent ₹11.30 lakh · left ₹1.69 lakh

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

Location

12.5766, 78.5699 — view on OpenStreetMap

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