Cholapuram
Orattanadu block · Thanjavur
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 614902
· village code 638888
Population 2011
2,285
Census of India
Population 2020
2,632
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+15.2%
347 people · 1.6% a year
Households
649
+11.3% vs 583 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,285
Male / female
1,118 / 1,167
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,044
Children aged 0–6
242
Literacy rate
64.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
633 / 0
Working population
1,311
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
90.5%
Households
583
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 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
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
55
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
28
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
392
Non-farm households
257
Share of households farming, 2020
60%
Net sown area
379 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
379 / 200 / 159
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Cholapuram panchayat, Orathanadu 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
₹28.06 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹6.71 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹18.08 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹16.69 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.33 lakh · received ₹2.68 lakh · spent ₹11.88 lakh · left ₹3.13 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹15.74 lakh · received ₹4.02 lakh · spent ₹6.19 lakh · left ₹13.57 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
10.5962, 79.1726 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Thanjavur district ·
School
staffing across Thanjavur ·
…and across Tamil Nadu