Alathur
Sankari block · Salem
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 637303
· village code 633943
Population 2011
2,318
Census of India
Population 2020
2,780
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+19.9%
462 people · 2.0% a year
Households
807
+24.0% vs 651 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,318
Male / female
1,205 / 1,113
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
924
Children aged 0–6
169
Literacy rate
57.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
676 / 0
Working population
1,368
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
66.3%
Households
651
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
25
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
13
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
369
Non-farm households
276
Share of households farming, 2020
57%
Net sown area
427 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
427 / 31 / 65
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Alathur panchayat, Sankari 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
₹32.35 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹6.81 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹22.85 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹16.31 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.20 lakh · received ₹2.73 lakh · spent ₹9.69 lakh · left ₹5.24 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹20.14 lakh · received ₹4.09 lakh · spent ₹13.16 lakh · left ₹11.07 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
11.5135, 77.8917 —
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