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Sholamaligai

Kumbakonam block · Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 612703 · village code 638537

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 5,446 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 2,885 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population
5,446
Male / female
2,657 / 2,789
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,050
Children aged 0–6
505
Literacy rate
75.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,661 / 4
Working population
2,379
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
63.1%
Households
1,372

Village facilities, 2020

This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was surveyed once by each. The figures below are from Cholanmaligai panchayat's return.

Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
CHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
150
Teachers
8
Students per teacher
19
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Boys
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes

Farming

Farm households
275
Non-farm households
433
Share of households farming, 2020
39%
Net sown area
4,052 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
4,052 / 1,987 / 0
Main irrigation source
Other

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Cholanmaligai panchayat, Kumbakonam 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
₹68.26 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹8.81 lakh
Received directly
Spent
₹31.23 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹45.84 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹29.52 lakh · received ₹3.52 lakh · spent ₹11.99 lakh · left ₹21.05 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹38.74 lakh · received ₹5.28 lakh · spent ₹19.24 lakh · left ₹24.79 lakh

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

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