Puthur
West Arani block · Tiruvannamalai
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 632315
· village code 631182
Population 2011
3,362
Census of India
Population 2020
4,497
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+33.8%
1,135 people · 3.3% a year
Households
837
+2.7% vs 815 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,362
Male / female
1,640 / 1,722
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,050
Children aged 0–6
331
Literacy rate
68.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
594 / 3
Working population
1,401
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
65.6%
Households
815
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
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
157
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
22
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
505
Non-farm households
322
Share of households farming, 2020
61%
Net sown area
149 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
149 / 90 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
5-Puthur panchayat, West Arni 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
₹32.71 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹9.05 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹27.97 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹13.79 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹15.57 lakh · received ₹3.62 lakh · spent ₹13.28 lakh · left ₹5.91 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹17.14 lakh · received ₹5.43 lakh · spent ₹14.69 lakh · left ₹7.88 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
12.7568, 79.1058 —
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