Esandai

Chinnasalem block · Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 606201 · village code 633541

Population 2011

1,472

Census of India

Population 2020

1,490

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+1.2%

18 people · 0.1% a year

Households

465

+17.4% vs 396 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

1,472

Male / female

723 / 749

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,036

Children aged 0–6

158

Literacy rate

54.1%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

878 / 0

Working population

915

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

91.5%

Households

396

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school nearest 5 km away

High school nearest 5 km away

Piped tap water

100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank nearest 10 km away

Primary health centre

Sub Centre

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

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

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Girls

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

325

Non-farm households

113

Share of households farming, 2020

74%

Net sown area

76 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

64 / 15 / 76

Main irrigation source

Surface water

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Esanthai 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

₹27.39 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹8.03 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹14.30 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹21.13 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹8.97 lakh · received ₹3.21 lakh · spent ₹6.24 lakh · left ₹5.94 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹18.43 lakh · received ₹4.82 lakh · spent ₹8.05 lakh · left ₹15.19 lakh

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

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