Pottiyam(P)
Kalrayanhills block · Kallakurichi
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 606401
· village code 633380
Population 2011
1,472
Census of India
Population 2020
1,518
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+3.1%
46 people · 0.3% a year
Households
471
+28.3% vs 367 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,472
Male / female
751 / 721
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
960
Children aged 0–6
154
Literacy rate
53.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
128 / 1,148
Working population
970
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
90.5%
Households
367
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
258
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
52
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Girls
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
294
Non-farm households
174
Share of households farming, 2020
63%
Net sown area
123 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
59 / 113 / 123
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Pottiyam panchayat, Kalrayan Hills 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
₹65.58 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹16.44 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹29.48 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹52.53 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹28.56 lakh · received ₹6.57 lakh · spent ₹10.35 lakh · left ₹24.78 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹37.01 lakh · received ₹9.86 lakh · spent ₹19.13 lakh · left ₹27.75 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
11.7117, 79.0143 —
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