Poykkunam
Sankarapuram block · Kallakurichi
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 606401
· village code 633333
Population 2011
2,736
Census of India
Population 2020
2,739
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+0.1%
3 people · 0.0% a year
Households
824
+30.8% vs 630 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,736
Male / female
1,362 / 1,374
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,009
Children aged 0–6
333
Literacy rate
57.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,287 / 0
Working population
1,547
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
76.7%
Households
630
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 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
190
Teachers
10
Students per teacher
19
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
19
Non-farm households
1
Share of households farming, 2020
95%
Net sown area
147 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
80 / 147 / 7
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Poikunam 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
₹8.54 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹9.14 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹1.06 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹16.62 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹2.30 lakh · received ₹3.66 lakh · spent ₹42,833 · left ₹5.53 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹6.24 lakh · received ₹5.48 lakh · spent ₹63,000 · left ₹11.10 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
11.8739, 78.8585 —
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