Pottakkadu
Yercaud block · Salem
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 636601
· village code 634131
Population 2011
653
Census of India
Population 2020
539
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-17.5%
-114 people · -2.1% a year
Households
158
-11.2% vs 178 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
653
Male / female
338 / 315
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
932
Children aged 0–6
94
Literacy rate
56.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
45 / 568
Working population
381
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
5.0%
Households
178
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
7
Teachers
1
Students per teacher
7
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Boys
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
32
Non-farm households
0
Share of households farming, 2020
100%
Net sown area
22 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
22 / 0 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Thalaisolai panchayat, Yercaud 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
₹98.73 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹23.27 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹39.26 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹82.74 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹24.99 lakh · received ₹9.31 lakh · spent ₹13.88 lakh · left ₹20.42 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹73.74 lakh · received ₹13.96 lakh · spent ₹25.38 lakh · left ₹62.32 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
11.7658, 78.2200 —
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