Purisai
Anakkavur block · Tiruvannamalai
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 604401
· village code 631396
Population 2011
2,374
Census of India
Population 2020
2,384
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+0.4%
10 people · 0.0% a year
Households
726
+15.8% vs 627 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,374
Male / female
1,172 / 1,202
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,026
Children aged 0–6
228
Literacy rate
63.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
599 / 250
Working population
1,179
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
69.4%
Households
627
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
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
120
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
30
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
638
Non-farm households
60
Share of households farming, 2020
91%
Net sown area
404 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
227 / 404 / 11
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Purisai panchayat, Anakkavoor 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
₹15.87 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹8.09 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹16.44 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹7.52 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹5.58 lakh · received ₹3.23 lakh · spent ₹7.56 lakh · left ₹1.26 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹10.29 lakh · received ₹4.85 lakh · spent ₹8.88 lakh · left ₹6.27 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
12.6486, 79.5338 —
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