Palakkanuthu
Reddiyarchatiram block · Dindigul
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 624619
· village code 635342
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 9,977 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 5,700 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
9,977
Male / female
5,068 / 4,909
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
969
Children aged 0–6
876
Literacy rate
64.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
2,115 / 0
Working population
6,184
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
68.9%
Households
2,772
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Puduchatram panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
1-4 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
220
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
110
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Boys
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
740
Non-farm households
850
Share of households farming, 2020
47%
Net sown area
135 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
135 / 15 / 0
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Puduchatram panchayat, Reddiarchatram 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
₹83.66 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹13.86 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹29.01 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹68.51 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹35.55 lakh · received ₹5.54 lakh · spent ₹11.14 lakh · left ₹29.95 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹48.12 lakh · received ₹8.31 lakh · spent ₹17.87 lakh · left ₹38.56 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
10.4144, 77.8775 —
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