Palavalam
Gingee block · Villupuram
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 606754
· village code 632438
Population 2011
1,870
Census of India
Population 2020
2,894
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+54.8%
1,024 people · 5.0% a year
Households
538
+23.1% vs 437 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,870
Male / female
907 / 963
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,062
Children aged 0–6
192
Literacy rate
63.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
319 / 63
Working population
905
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
86.5%
Households
437
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Pazhavalam panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
73
Teachers
135
Students per teacher
1
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
9
Non-farm households
3
Share of households farming, 2020
75%
Net sown area
1,200 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
1,200 / 1,000 / 1,200
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Pazhavalam panchayat, Gingee 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
₹44.50 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹5.18 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹18.55 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹31.13 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹25.81 lakh · received ₹2.07 lakh · spent ₹10.55 lakh · left ₹17.33 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹18.69 lakh · received ₹3.11 lakh · spent ₹7.99 lakh · left ₹13.81 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
12.1578, 79.3481 —
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