Palayagandarvakottai
Gandaravakottai block · Pudukkottai
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 613301
· village code 639382
Population 2011
1,276
Census of India
Population 2020
1,962
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+53.8%
686 people · 4.9% a year
Households
580
+79.6% vs 323 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,276
Male / female
631 / 645
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,022
Children aged 0–6
125
Literacy rate
63.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
287 / 0
Working population
642
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
76.3%
Households
323
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
83
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
14
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
40
Non-farm households
235
Share of households farming, 2020
15%
Net sown area
179 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
179 / 29 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Palaya Gandarvakottai panchayat, Gandarvakottai 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
₹33.21 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹7.10 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹16.17 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹24.13 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹14.52 lakh · received ₹2.84 lakh · spent ₹5.60 lakh · left ₹11.75 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹18.68 lakh · received ₹4.26 lakh · spent ₹10.57 lakh · left ₹12.38 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
10.5766, 79.0182 —
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