Poondi
Chinnasalem block · Kallakurichi
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 606201
· village code 633520
Population 2011
2,360
Census of India
Population 2020
2,210
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-6.4%
-150 people · -0.7% a year
Households
710
+20.9% vs 587 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,360
Male / female
1,184 / 1,176
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
993
Children aged 0–6
253
Literacy rate
62.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
839 / 0
Working population
1,336
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
84.7%
Households
587
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 nearest 1 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 2 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
122
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
24
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
510
Non-farm households
200
Share of households farming, 2020
72%
Net sown area
300 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
300 / 200 / 156
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Poondi 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
₹14.59 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹7.69 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹1.20 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹21.08 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹6.39 lakh · received ₹3.07 lakh · spent ₹25,664 · left ₹9.20 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹8.21 lakh · received ₹4.61 lakh · spent ₹94,680 · left ₹11.87 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
11.6216, 78.8415 —
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