Manathal

Taramangalam block · Salem district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 636503 · village code 633841

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 7,232 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 40,000 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

7,232

Male / female

3,832 / 3,400

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

887

Children aged 0–6

702

Literacy rate

57.7%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

798 / 0

Working population

3,758

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

60.3%

Households

1,857

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school nearest 2 km away

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank nearest 5 km away

Primary health centre

PHC

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Yes

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

278

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

1,500

Non-farm households

2,000

Share of households farming, 2020

43%

Net sown area

527 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

527 / 443 / 171

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Manathal panchayat, Tharamangalam 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

₹55.66 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹17.18 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹51.48 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹21.37 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹11.83 lakh · received ₹6.87 lakh · spent ₹16.46 lakh · left ₹2.24 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹43.83 lakh · received ₹10.31 lakh · spent ₹35.02 lakh · left ₹19.12 lakh

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

Location

11.6757, 77.9737 — view on OpenStreetMap

Nearby villages

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How this village compares

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