Puthur
Kollidam block · Nagapattinam
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 609108
· village code 637381
Population 2011
2,995
Census of India
Population 2020
3,465
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+15.7%
470 people · 1.6% a year
Households
847
+14.8% vs 738 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,995
Male / female
1,392 / 1,603
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,152
Children aged 0–6
388
Literacy rate
71.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
938 / 0
Working population
896
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
63.2%
Households
738
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
>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
48
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
16
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
629
Non-farm households
216
Share of households farming, 2020
74%
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Puthur panchayat, Kollidam 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
₹24.85 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹8.07 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹22.15 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹10.77 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹2.77 lakh · received ₹3.23 lakh · spent ₹5.43 lakh · left ₹56,851
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹22.08 lakh · received ₹4.84 lakh · spent ₹16.71 lakh · left ₹10.20 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
11.3333, 79.7166 —
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