Podumbu BIT 1
Madurai West block · Madurai
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 625018
· village code 640630
Population 2011
5,252
Census of India
Population 2020
7,200
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+37.1%
1,948 people · 3.6% a year
Households
1,897
+36.9% vs 1,386 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
5,252
Male / female
2,608 / 2,644
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,014
Children aged 0–6
568
Literacy rate
71.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
992 / 0
Working population
2,359
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
44.3%
Households
1,386
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
130
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
26
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
410
Non-farm households
1,487
Share of households farming, 2020
22%
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Podumbu panchayat, Madurai West 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
₹39.48 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹13.89 lakh
Received directly
₹27,188
Spent
₹29.35 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹24.30 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹10.08 lakh · received ₹5.55 lakh · spent ₹12.00 lakh · left ₹3.91 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹29.40 lakh · received ₹8.33 lakh · spent ₹17.35 lakh · left ₹20.38 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
10.0000, 78.1421 —
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