Mahadanam
Nagappattinam block · Nagapattinam
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 611108
· village code 637701
Population 2011
1,486
Census of India
Population 2020
1,571
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+5.7%
85 people · 0.6% a year
Households
530
+35.9% vs 390 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,486
Male / female
744 / 742
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
997
Children aged 0–6
154
Literacy rate
71.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,017 / 0
Working population
790
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
91.1%
Households
390
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 nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
CHC
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
98
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
20
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
342
Non-farm households
86
Share of households farming, 2020
80%
Net sown area
2,600 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2,600 / 0 / 0
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Mahadanam panchayat, Nagapattinam 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
₹19.99 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹5.58 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹14.14 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹11.43 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹7.26 lakh · received ₹2.23 lakh · spent ₹4.84 lakh · left ₹4.66 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹12.72 lakh · received ₹3.35 lakh · spent ₹9.30 lakh · left ₹6.77 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
10.7568, 79.8353 —
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