Puthur East

Elacipalayam block · Namakkal district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 637212 · village code 634468

Population 2011

3,651

Census of India

Population 2020

2,512

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

-31.2%

-1,139 people · -4.1% a year

Households

735

-29.9% vs 1,049 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

3,651

Male / female

1,813 / 1,838

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,014

Children aged 0–6

335

Literacy rate

70.2%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

904 / 8

Working population

1,610

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

41.9%

Households

1,049

Village facilities, 2020

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

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

8-12 Hrs

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre

PHC

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Yes

Common service centre

Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan

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

196

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

100

Non-farm households

635

Share of households farming, 2020

14%

Net sown area

1 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

1 / 1 / 1

Main irrigation source

Canals

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Marukkalampatti panchayat, Elachipalayam 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

₹35.76 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹7.67 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹25.55 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹17.88 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹14.17 lakh · received ₹3.07 lakh · spent ₹5.66 lakh · left ₹11.58 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹21.58 lakh · received ₹4.60 lakh · spent ₹19.89 lakh · left ₹6.30 lakh

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

Location

11.4054, 78.0273 — view on OpenStreetMap

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