Poovathur
Orattanadu block · Thanjavur
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 614625
· village code 638896
Population 2011
2,263
Census of India
Population 2020
1,470
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-35.0%
-793 people · -4.7% a year
Households
342
-35.2% vs 528 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,263
Male / female
1,104 / 1,159
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,050
Children aged 0–6
251
Literacy rate
62.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
100 / 0
Working population
936
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
71.5%
Households
528
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
35
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
18
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
0
Non-farm households
173
Net sown area
219 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
219 / 161 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Poovathur 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
₹9.40 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹9.09 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹11.53 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹6.96 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹2.19 lakh · received ₹3.64 lakh · spent ₹5.71 lakh · left ₹11,297
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹7.21 lakh · received ₹5.45 lakh · spent ₹5.82 lakh · left ₹6.85 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
10.6126, 79.2474 —
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