Kothayam
Thoppampatti block · Dindigul
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 624614
· village code 635193
Population 2011
3,569
Census of India
Population 2020
4,619
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+29.4%
1,050 people · 2.9% a year
Households
470
-56.8% vs 1,089 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,569
Male / female
1,798 / 1,771
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
985
Children aged 0–6
268
Literacy rate
62.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
991 / 0
Working population
2,433
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
92.2%
Households
1,089
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 nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
25
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
6
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
210
Non-farm households
150
Share of households farming, 2020
58%
Net sown area
337 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
337 / 170 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kothaiyam panchayat, Thoppampatty 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
₹59.05 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹12.61 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹7.58 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹64.07 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹29.02 lakh · received ₹5.04 lakh · spent ₹5.59 lakh · left ₹28.48 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹30.03 lakh · received ₹7.56 lakh · spent ₹2.00 lakh · left ₹35.60 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
10.5586, 77.5289 —
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