Poosappadi
Chinnasalem block · Kallakurichi
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 606201
· village code 633514
Population 2011
1,730
Census of India
Population 2020
1,450
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-16.2%
-280 people · -1.9% a year
Households
510
+7.4% vs 475 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,730
Male / female
868 / 862
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
993
Children aged 0–6
178
Literacy rate
63.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
362 / 0
Working population
920
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
90.8%
Households
475
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
1-4 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
25
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
13
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
108
Non-farm households
135
Share of households farming, 2020
44%
Net sown area
124 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
124 / 97 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Elavadi 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
₹13.81 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹10.72 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹10.08 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹14.46 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹4.74 lakh · received ₹4.29 lakh · spent ₹1.56 lakh · left ₹7.47 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹9.07 lakh · received ₹6.43 lakh · spent ₹8.51 lakh · left ₹6.99 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
11.6036, 78.7996 —
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