Pavithiram
Erumapatty block · Namakkal
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 637021
· village code 634662
Population 2011
8,172
Census of India
Population 2020
5,252
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-35.7%
-2,920 people · -4.8% a year
Households
1,310
-41.8% vs 2,250 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
8,172
Male / female
4,038 / 4,134
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,024
Children aged 0–6
814
Literacy rate
66.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
2,572 / 26
Working population
4,332
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
70.9%
Households
2,250
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Pavithram panchayat's return.
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
8-12 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
CHC
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
500
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
125
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
357
Non-farm households
102
Share of households farming, 2020
78%
Net sown area
38 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
38 / 25 / 8
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Pavithram panchayat, Erumapatty 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
₹53.20 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹13.32 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹54.88 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹11.64 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹15.91 lakh · received ₹5.33 lakh · spent ₹21.23 lakh · left ₹665
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹37.28 lakh · received ₹7.99 lakh · spent ₹33.64 lakh · left ₹11.63 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
11.1532, 78.3812 —
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