Pachal
Chengam block · Tiruvannamalai
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 606704
· village code 631940
Population 2011
1,269
Census of India
Population 2020
916
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-27.8%
-353 people · -3.6% a year
Households
219
-26.3% vs 297 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,269
Male / female
617 / 652
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,057
Children aged 0–6
163
Literacy rate
55.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
865 / 0
Working population
569
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
60.5%
Households
297
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
No
High school
No
Piped tap water
50 to 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
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
103
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
26
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Girls
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
77
Non-farm households
80
Share of households farming, 2020
49%
Net sown area
32 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
32 / 32 / 32
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Pachal panchayat, Chengam 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
₹32.74 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹7.06 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹19.22 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹20.58 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹15.71 lakh · received ₹2.83 lakh · spent ₹10.07 lakh · left ₹8.46 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹17.04 lakh · received ₹4.24 lakh · spent ₹9.15 lakh · left ₹12.12 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
12.2703, 78.9200 —
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