Arasanatham
Attur block · Salem
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 636107
· village code 634311
Population 2011
5,942
Census of India
Population 2020
6,267
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+5.5%
325 people · 0.6% a year
Households
1,875
+25.4% vs 1,495 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
5,942
Male / female
2,979 / 2,963
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
995
Children aged 0–6
706
Literacy rate
61.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,202 / 0
Working population
3,280
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
80.2%
Households
1,495
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 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
149
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
21
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,000
Non-farm households
875
Share of households farming, 2020
53%
Net sown area
400 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
400 / 200 / 0
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Arasanatham panchayat, Attur 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
₹42.20 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹17.69 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹28.30 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹31.59 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹10.07 lakh · received ₹7.08 lakh · spent ₹6.24 lakh · left ₹10.91 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹32.13 lakh · received ₹10.62 lakh · spent ₹22.06 lakh · left ₹20.69 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
11.6216, 78.5840 —
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