Athur
Tirunavalur block · Kallakurichi
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 606102
· village code 633634
Population 2011
4,981
Census of India
Population 2020
3,121
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-37.3%
-1,860 people · -5.1% a year
Households
364
-66.0% vs 1,072 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,981
Male / female
2,510 / 2,471
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
984
Children aged 0–6
656
Literacy rate
59.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
499 / 5
Working population
2,712
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
85.8%
Households
1,072
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
74
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
19
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
265
Non-farm households
38
Share of households farming, 2020
87%
Net sown area
195 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
195 / 63 / 125
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Athur panchayat, Tirunavalur 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
₹36.63 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹11.68 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹25.19 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹23.11 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹18.75 lakh · received ₹4.67 lakh · spent ₹16.73 lakh · left ₹6.69 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹17.88 lakh · received ₹7.01 lakh · spent ₹8.46 lakh · left ₹16.42 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
11.6757, 79.2984 —
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