Punjai Palatholuvu
Chennimalai block · Erode
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 638751
· village code 635011
Population 2011
1,879
Census of India
Population 2020
2,058
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+9.5%
179 people · 1.0% a year
Households
435
-28.0% vs 604 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,879
Male / female
944 / 935
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
990
Children aged 0–6
134
Literacy rate
58.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
555 / 0
Working population
1,176
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
77.1%
Households
604
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
No
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
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
70
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
14
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
172
Non-farm households
135
Share of households farming, 2020
56%
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Punjai Palatholuvu panchayat, Chennimalai 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
₹50.31 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹8.18 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹29.62 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹28.87 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹19.26 lakh · received ₹3.27 lakh · spent ₹19.29 lakh · left ₹3.25 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹31.05 lakh · received ₹4.91 lakh · spent ₹10.33 lakh · left ₹25.62 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
11.1712, 77.5964 —
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