Paithanth
Chinnasalem block · Kallakurichi
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 606201
· village code 633442
Population 2011
2,486
Census of India
Population 2020
2,470
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-0.6%
-16 people · -0.1% a year
Households
721
+18.8% vs 607 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,486
Male / female
1,214 / 1,272
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,048
Children aged 0–6
316
Literacy rate
58.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,285 / 0
Working population
1,242
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
77.9%
Households
607
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
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
CHC
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
141
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
28
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
420
Non-farm households
210
Share of households farming, 2020
67%
Net sown area
207 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
207 / 98 / 101
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Paithanthurai panchayat, Chinnasalem 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
₹23.38 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹8.29 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹13.69 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹17.98 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.50 lakh · received ₹3.32 lakh · spent ₹8.96 lakh · left ₹5.86 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹11.88 lakh · received ₹4.97 lakh · spent ₹4.73 lakh · left ₹12.12 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
11.6876, 78.8873 —
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