Karaiyur

Ponnamaravati block · Pudukkottai district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 622002 · village code 639542

Population 2011

6,679

Census of India

Population 2020

4,200

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

-37.1%

-2,479 people · -5.0% a year

Households

1,250

-23.1% vs 1,626 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

6,679

Male / female

3,309 / 3,370

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,018

Children aged 0–6

711

Literacy rate

63.8%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

1,752 / 0

Working population

3,568

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

80.4%

Households

1,626

Village facilities, 2020

This village spans 3 gram panchayats and was surveyed once by each. The figures below are from Karaiyur panchayat's return.

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

Yes

Primary health centre

PHC

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

151

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

250

Non-farm households

600

Share of households farming, 2020

29%

Net sown area

25 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

25 / 0 / 0

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Karaiyur panchayat, Ponnamaravathi 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

₹60.81 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹12.51 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹48.76 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹24.56 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹19.13 lakh · received ₹5.00 lakh · spent ₹18.34 lakh · left ₹5.79 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹41.68 lakh · received ₹7.51 lakh · spent ₹30.42 lakh · left ₹18.77 lakh

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

Location

10.4144, 78.5920 — view on OpenStreetMap

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