Chitheri
Mangalur block · Cuddalore
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 606301
· village code 637240
Population 2011
1,208
Census of India
Population 2020
1,234
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+2.1%
26 people · 0.2% a year
Households
354
+16.8% vs 303 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,208
Male / female
627 / 581
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
927
Children aged 0–6
147
Literacy rate
56.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
333 / 0
Working population
717
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
92.2%
Households
303
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
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 5 km away
No
Anganwadi nearest 10 km away
No
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
2
Students per teacher
14
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
213
Non-farm households
135
Share of households farming, 2020
61%
Net sown area
276 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
27 / 276 / 57
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Chitheri panchayat, Mangalur 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
₹12.73 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹3.43 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹7.97 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹8.19 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹5.67 lakh · received ₹1.37 lakh · spent ₹2.74 lakh · left ₹4.30 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹7.06 lakh · received ₹2.06 lakh · spent ₹5.23 lakh · left ₹3.89 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
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