Punjaithuraipalayam

Thoockanaickenpalaiyam block · Erode district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 638502 · village code 634901

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 7,568 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 3,784 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

7,568

Male / female

3,779 / 3,789

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,003

Children aged 0–6

583

Literacy rate

59.9%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

731 / 191

Working population

4,429

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

72.4%

Households

2,372

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

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

172

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

1,200

Non-farm households

300

Share of households farming, 2020

80%

Net sown area

297 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

290 / 109 / 297

Main irrigation source

Surface water

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Punjaithuraiyampalayam panchayat, T.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

₹74.18 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹19.40 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹59.34 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹34.24 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹23.02 lakh · received ₹7.76 lakh · spent ₹13.18 lakh · left ₹17.60 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹51.16 lakh · received ₹11.64 lakh · spent ₹46.16 lakh · left ₹16.64 lakh

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

Location

11.5135, 77.3952 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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