Chithal
Rishivandiam block · Kallakurichi
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 606205
· village code 633363
Population 2011
1,599
Census of India
Population 2020
1,450
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-9.3%
-149 people · -1.1% a year
Households
405
+22.4% vs 331 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,599
Male / female
808 / 791
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
979
Children aged 0–6
181
Literacy rate
56.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
608 / 0
Working population
881
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
72.9%
Households
331
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
No
High school
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 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
55
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
28
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
2
Non-farm households
400
Share of households farming, 2020
1%
Net sown area
204 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
204 / 114 / 90
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sithal panchayat, Rishivandiyam 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
₹4.94 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹4.83 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹60,527
Unspent at year end
₹9.16 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹1.24 lakh · received ₹1.93 lakh · spent ₹33,855 · left ₹2.83 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹3.70 lakh · received ₹2.90 lakh · spent ₹26,672 · left ₹6.33 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
11.8378, 79.1427 —
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