Puzhayanur
Sankarapuram block · Kallakurichi
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 606402
· village code 633349
Population 2011
2,037
Census of India
Population 2020
1,853
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-9.0%
-184 people · -1.0% a year
Households
627
+13.0% vs 555 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,037
Male / female
1,012 / 1,025
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,013
Children aged 0–6
219
Literacy rate
66.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
466 / 0
Working population
1,103
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
71.1%
Households
555
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
No
High school
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
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
121
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
24
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
315
Non-farm households
310
Share of households farming, 2020
50%
Net sown area
168 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
168 / 70 / 99
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Palayanur 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
₹15.18 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹5.41 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹9.88 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹10.71 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹6.79 lakh · received ₹2.17 lakh · spent ₹3.95 lakh · left ₹5.00 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹8.39 lakh · received ₹3.25 lakh · spent ₹5.93 lakh · left ₹5.71 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
11.8739, 78.9137 —
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