Punganur
Sirkazhi block · Nagapattinam
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 609711
· village code 637408
Population 2011
3,048
Census of India
Population 2020
5,424
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+78.0%
2,376 people · 6.6% a year
Households
935
+21.7% vs 768 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,048
Male / female
1,412 / 1,636
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,159
Children aged 0–6
387
Literacy rate
70.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,539 / 0
Working population
1,208
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
80.1%
Households
768
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
1-4 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
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
196
Teachers
10
Students per teacher
20
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
800
Non-farm households
90
Share of households farming, 2020
90%
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Punganur panchayat, Sirkali 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
₹37.77 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹10.26 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹13.59 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹34.44 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.82 lakh · received ₹4.10 lakh · spent ₹3.45 lakh · left ₹10.47 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹27.95 lakh · received ₹6.15 lakh · spent ₹10.14 lakh · left ₹23.96 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
11.2330, 79.7405 —
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