Mattapparai

Nilakottai block · Dindigul district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 624219 · village code 635483

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 4,360 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 2,049 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

4,360

Male / female

2,210 / 2,150

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

973

Children aged 0–6

489

Literacy rate

65.9%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

1,466 / 4

Working population

2,400

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

74.8%

Households

1,131

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 5 km away

Primary health centre

CHC

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

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

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

627

Non-farm households

170

Share of households farming, 2020

79%

Net sown area

222 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

222 / 133 / 177

Main irrigation source

Other

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Mattaparai panchayat, Nilakottai 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

₹44.64 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹13.98 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹20.76 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹37.86 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹13.55 lakh · received ₹5.59 lakh · spent ₹14.19 lakh · left ₹4.95 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹31.10 lakh · received ₹8.39 lakh · spent ₹6.57 lakh · left ₹32.92 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

10.1632, 77.8543 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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