Poovanam
Sethubhavachatram block · Thanjavur
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 614803
· village code 639081
Population 2011
1,623
Census of India
Population 2020
1,730
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+6.6%
107 people · 0.7% a year
Households
483
+8.1% vs 447 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,623
Male / female
784 / 839
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,070
Children aged 0–6
151
Literacy rate
61.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
99 / 0
Working population
627
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
89.3%
Households
447
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
1-4 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
66
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
17
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
117
Non-farm households
125
Share of households farming, 2020
48%
Net sown area
225 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
224 / 225 / 100
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Poovanam panchayat, Sethubavachatram 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
₹18.50 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹4.12 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹14.10 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹8.53 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹6.51 lakh · received ₹1.65 lakh · spent ₹7.90 lakh · left ₹25,155
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹12.00 lakh · received ₹2.47 lakh · spent ₹6.20 lakh · left ₹8.28 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
10.2883, 79.2197 —
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Nearby villages
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Thanjavur district ·
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staffing across Thanjavur ·
…and across Tamil Nadu