Edayar
Jayamkondam block · Ariyalur
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 621804
· village code 636381
Population 2011
3,287
Census of India
Population 2020
5,542
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+68.6%
2,255 people · 6.0% a year
Households
1,266
+49.1% vs 849 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,287
Male / female
1,646 / 1,641
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
997
Children aged 0–6
372
Literacy rate
57.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
708 / 4
Working population
1,397
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
75.2%
Households
849
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
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
93
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
16
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
977
Non-farm households
5
Share of households farming, 2020
99%
Net sown area
114 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
0 / 17 / 114
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Edaiyar panchayat, Jayamkondam 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
₹35.14 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹9.37 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹34.84 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹9.67 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.76 lakh · received ₹3.75 lakh · spent ₹13.32 lakh · left ₹18,446
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹25.38 lakh · received ₹5.62 lakh · spent ₹21.52 lakh · left ₹9.49 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
11.2072, 79.3510 —
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