Katchanam

Tirutturaippundi block · Thiruvarur district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 610201 · village code 638323

Population 2011

2,403

Census of India

Population 2020

3,752

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+56.1%

1,349 people · 5.1% a year

Households

1,014

+67.3% vs 606 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

2,403

Male / female

1,169 / 1,234

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,056

Children aged 0–6

254

Literacy rate

67.4%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

912 / 231

Working population

921

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

63.8%

Households

606

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school nearest 2 km away

Piped tap water

100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre nearest 2 km away

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

630

Non-farm households

355

Share of households farming, 2020

64%

Net sown area

35 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

27 / 23 / 35

Main irrigation source

Canals

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Katchanam panchayat, Thiruthuraipoondi 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

₹67.24 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹10.82 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹18.10 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹59.97 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹18.13 lakh · received ₹4.33 lakh · spent ₹8.34 lakh · left ₹14.13 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹49.11 lakh · received ₹6.49 lakh · spent ₹9.76 lakh · left ₹45.84 lakh

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

Location

10.6126, 79.5591 — view on OpenStreetMap

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