Sorathur
Panruti block · Cuddalore
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 607805
· village code 636597
Population 2011
2,586
Census of India
Population 2020
2,996
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+15.8%
410 people · 1.6% a year
Households
763
+25.1% vs 610 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,586
Male / female
1,291 / 1,295
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,003
Children aged 0–6
276
Literacy rate
63.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
394 / 0
Working population
1,293
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
68.5%
Households
610
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 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 nearest 5 km away
No
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
28
Teachers
1
Students per teacher
28
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
213
Non-farm households
515
Share of households farming, 2020
29%
Net sown area
420 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
123 / 420 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sorathur panchayat, Panruti 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
₹22.37 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹6.22 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹10.86 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹17.73 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹5.58 lakh · received ₹2.49 lakh · spent ₹2.48 lakh · left ₹5.58 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹16.80 lakh · received ₹3.73 lakh · spent ₹8.38 lakh · left ₹12.15 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
11.7658, 79.5636 —
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