Palayamkottai
Athoor block · Dindigul
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 624708
· village code 635430
Population 2011
3,750
Census of India
Population 2020
4,550
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+21.3%
800 people · 2.2% a year
Households
1,170
+7.1% vs 1,092 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,750
Male / female
1,924 / 1,826
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
949
Children aged 0–6
359
Literacy rate
63.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
3,060 / 0
Working population
2,174
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
70.9%
Households
1,092
Village facilities, 2020
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
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
CHC
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
110
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
18
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
876
Non-farm households
294
Share of households farming, 2020
75%
Net sown area
527 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
527 / 0 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Palayankottai 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
₹1.05 crore
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹14.65 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹35.22 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹84.68 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹36.54 lakh · received ₹5.86 lakh · spent ₹9.94 lakh · left ₹32.46 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹68.70 lakh · received ₹8.79 lakh · spent ₹25.28 lakh · left ₹52.22 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
10.2703, 77.8601 —
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