Puthukkarai
Gopichettipalaiyam block · Erode
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 638476
· village code 634910
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 1,473 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 130 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
1,473
Male / female
748 / 725
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
969
Children aged 0–6
140
Literacy rate
55.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
227 / 0
Working population
840
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
82.6%
Households
440
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 1 km away
No
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Separately located
Farming
Farm households
50
Non-farm households
15
Share of households farming, 2020
77%
Net sown area
482 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
482 / 482 / 401
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Nanjai Gobi panchayat, Gobi 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
₹37.85 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹9.71 lakh
Received directly
₹95,418
Spent
₹27.71 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹20.79 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹19.32 lakh · received ₹3.88 lakh · spent ₹12.59 lakh · left ₹11.34 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹18.53 lakh · received ₹5.82 lakh · spent ₹15.13 lakh · left ₹9.45 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
11.4775, 77.4589 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Erode district ·
School
staffing across Erode ·
…and across Tamil Nadu