Periakriashnapuram

Peddanaickenpalayam block · Salem district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 636115 · village code 634247

Population 2011

5,547

Census of India

Population 2020

4,363

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

-21.3%

-1,184 people · -2.6% a year

Households

1,298

-11.4% vs 1,465 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

5,547

Male / female

2,743 / 2,804

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,022

Children aged 0–6

545

Literacy rate

70.2%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

1,283 / 1

Working population

3,153

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

81.2%

Households

1,465

Village facilities, 2020

This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was surveyed once by each. The figures below are from Periyakrishnapuram panchayat's return.

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

50 to 100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre

Sub Centre

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

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

75%

Net sown area

284 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

284 / 200 / 64

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Periyakrishnapuram panchayat, P.N.Palayam 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

₹19.85 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹10.90 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹20.09 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹10.66 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹10.79 lakh · received ₹4.36 lakh · spent ₹9.64 lakh · left ₹5.51 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹9.06 lakh · received ₹6.54 lakh · spent ₹10.45 lakh · left ₹5.16 lakh

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

Location

11.6490, 78.4984 — view on OpenStreetMap

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