Kottaiyur
Nattam block · Dindigul
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 624402
· village code 635303
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 3,925 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 1,992 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
3,925
Male / female
1,993 / 1,932
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
969
Children aged 0–6
459
Literacy rate
62.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
200 / 0
Working population
2,223
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
83.5%
Households
876
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
144
Teachers
9
Students per teacher
16
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
266
Non-farm households
118
Share of households farming, 2020
69%
Net sown area
118 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
118 / 99 / 2
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kottaiyur panchayat, Natham 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
₹40.77 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹9.70 lakh
Received directly
₹7.00 lakh
Spent
₹21.47 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹35.99 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹21.90 lakh · received ₹3.88 lakh · spent ₹14.68 lakh · left ₹13.09 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹18.87 lakh · received ₹5.82 lakh · spent ₹6.79 lakh · left ₹22.90 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
10.3784, 77.9968 —
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