Porasapattu

Sankarapuram block · Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 605702 · village code 633246

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 1,147 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 3,000 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

1,147

Male / female

599 / 548

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

915

Children aged 0–6

157

Literacy rate

58.1%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

0 / 0

Working population

630

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

98.1%

Households

263

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school nearest 5 km away

Middle school nearest 5 km away

High school nearest 5 km away

Piped tap water

<50% habitation covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

8-12 Hrs

Bank nearest 5 km away

Primary health centre

CHC

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Common service centre

Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan

Farming

Farm households

Non-farm households

258

Share of households farming, 2020

12%

Net sown area

108 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

108 / 98 / 86

Main irrigation source

Surface water

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Porasapattu panchayat, Sankarapuram 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

₹41.09 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹12.00 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹44,833

Unspent at year end

₹52.64 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹13.49 lakh · received ₹4.80 lakh · spent ₹0 · left ₹18.29 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹27.61 lakh · received ₹7.20 lakh · spent ₹44,833 · left ₹34.36 lakh

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

Location

12.0180, 78.9558 — view on OpenStreetMap

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