Kottarai
Alathur block · Perambalur
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 621708
· village code 636269
Population 2011
2,329
Census of India
Population 2020
1,511
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-35.1%
-818 people · -4.7% a year
Households
510
-16.5% vs 611 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,329
Male / female
1,237 / 1,092
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
883
Children aged 0–6
233
Literacy rate
61.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
484 / 0
Working population
1,546
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
90.2%
Households
611
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Kottarai panchayat's return.
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 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
70
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
18
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
0
Non-farm households
0
Net sown area
276 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
0 / 0 / 276
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kottarai panchayat, Alathur 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
₹16.61 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹4.28 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹9.88 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹11.01 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹5.94 lakh · received ₹1.71 lakh · spent ₹2.57 lakh · left ₹5.08 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹10.66 lakh · received ₹2.57 lakh · spent ₹7.31 lakh · left ₹5.93 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
11.1854, 78.9987 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Perambalur district ·
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staffing across Perambalur ·
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