Punjai Kalamangalam

Modakurichi block · Erode district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 638153 · village code 635052

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 9,353 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 5,373 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

9,353

Male / female

4,611 / 4,742

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,028

Children aged 0–6

722

Literacy rate

67.2%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

1,960 / 0

Working population

5,525

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

70.4%

Households

2,948

Village facilities, 2020

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

Primary school

Yes

Middle school nearest 2 km away

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

50 to 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

No CSC

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

158

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Girls

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

250

Non-farm households

200

Share of households farming, 2020

56%

Net sown area

300 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

250 / 200 / 300

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Ganapathipalayam panchayat, Modakkuruchi 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

₹65.72 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹14.29 lakh

Received directly

₹1.55 lakh

Spent

₹49.42 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹32.14 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹15.76 lakh · received ₹5.72 lakh · spent ₹13.76 lakh · left ₹7.71 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹49.96 lakh · received ₹8.57 lakh · spent ₹35.66 lakh · left ₹24.43 lakh

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

Location

11.2326, 77.8273 — view on OpenStreetMap

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