Orathur

Keerapalayam block · Cuddalore district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 608201 · village code 636823

Population 2011

1,363

Census of India

Population 2020

1,369

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+0.4%

6 people · 0.0% a year

Households

398

+12.1% vs 355 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

1,363

Male / female

690 / 673

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

975

Children aged 0–6

131

Literacy rate

78.0%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

143 / 51

Working population

459

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

46.2%

Households

355

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

Yes

Primary health centre

PHC

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Yes

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

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

300

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

75%

Net sown area

32 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

32 / 31 / 19

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Orathur panchayat, Keerapalayam 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

₹4.60 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹3.23 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹4.77 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹3.06 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹53,475 · received ₹1.29 lakh · spent ₹85,949 · left ₹96,846

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹4.07 lakh · received ₹1.94 lakh · spent ₹3.91 lakh · left ₹2.10 lakh

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

Location

11.4234, 79.5764 — view on OpenStreetMap

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