Potharai
Polur block · Tiruvannamalai
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 606803
· village code 631708
Change since 2011 is not available for this village.
The 2020 Mission Antyodaya survey recorded a population of 3,116
— exactly the Census 2011 figure. That happens in about 15% of villages
nationally, where the surveyor appears to have carried the old number forward
rather than counting afresh. Showing “0% growth” here would be
reporting a number nobody measured, so we don't.
How we detect this.
Population (Census 2011)
3,116
Households 2020
850
surveyed separately, so usable
Census 2011
Total population
3,116
Male / female
1,584 / 1,532
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
967
Children aged 0–6
354
Literacy rate
72.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,290 / 0
Working population
1,577
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
86.2%
Households
728
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
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
125
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
25
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
570
Non-farm households
270
Share of households farming, 2020
68%
Net sown area
54 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
54 / 7 / 5
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Potharai panchayat, Polur 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
₹32.49 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹9.88 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹22.12 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹20.25 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹6.75 lakh · received ₹3.95 lakh · spent ₹51,700 · left ₹10.18 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹25.74 lakh · received ₹5.93 lakh · spent ₹21.60 lakh · left ₹10.07 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
12.5045, 79.1201 —
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