Paraipatti
Athoor block · Dindigul
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 624701
· village code 635422
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 8,353 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 4,486 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
8,353
Male / female
4,239 / 4,114
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
971
Children aged 0–6
907
Literacy rate
61.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
2,484 / 0
Working population
5,158
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
79.0%
Households
2,108
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Paraipatti panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
CHC
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
63
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
21
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,110
Non-farm households
367
Share of households farming, 2020
75%
Net sown area
682 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
341 / 682 / 0
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Paraipatti panchayat, Athoor 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
₹60.95 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹12.60 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹19.84 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹53.71 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹24.67 lakh · received ₹5.04 lakh · spent ₹18.73 lakh · left ₹10.98 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹36.28 lakh · received ₹7.56 lakh · spent ₹1.11 lakh · left ₹42.74 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
10.3063, 77.8507 —
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