Alathur

Kallakkurichi block · Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 606208 · village code 633383

Population 2011

5,875

Census of India

Population 2020

5,818

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

-1.0%

-57 people · -0.1% a year

Households

1,603

+15.2% vs 1,391 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

5,875

Male / female

3,007 / 2,868

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

954

Children aged 0–6

617

Literacy rate

64.5%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

1,510 / 2

Working population

2,676

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

80.3%

Households

1,391

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school nearest 5 km away

Piped tap water

100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre

PHC

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Yes

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

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

880

Non-farm households

723

Share of households farming, 2020

55%

Net sown area

425 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

300 / 425 / 177

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Alathur panchayat, Kallakurichi 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

₹36.79 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹17.73 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹19.77 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹34.75 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹10.28 lakh · received ₹7.09 lakh · spent ₹9.71 lakh · left ₹7.66 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹26.51 lakh · received ₹10.64 lakh · spent ₹10.07 lakh · left ₹27.08 lakh

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

Location

11.8378, 78.9586 — view on OpenStreetMap

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