Maragathapuram

Koliyanur block · Villupuram district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 605401 · village code 633006

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 2,873 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 1,200 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

2,873

Male / female

1,461 / 1,412

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

966

Children aged 0–6

333

Literacy rate

60.4%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

1,155 / 5

Working population

1,589

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

81.6%

Households

657

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

All-weather road nearest 2 km away

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank nearest 5 km away

Primary health centre nearest 5 km away

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

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

181

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

29%

Net sown area

237 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

237 / 50 / 0

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Maragathapuram panchayat, Koliyanur 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

₹17.96 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹9.75 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹10.94 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹16.76 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹12.33 lakh · received ₹3.90 lakh · spent ₹48,000 · left ₹15.75 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹5.62 lakh · received ₹5.85 lakh · spent ₹10.46 lakh · left ₹1.01 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

11.9279, 79.5556 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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