Thanichiyam

Alanganallur block · Madurai district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 625221 · village code 640746

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 7,573 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 3,700 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

7,573

Male / female

3,738 / 3,835

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,026

Children aged 0–6

779

Literacy rate

70.4%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

2,446 / 17

Working population

3,636

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

56.4%

Households

1,988

Village facilities, 2020

This village spans 3 gram panchayats and was surveyed once by each. The figures below are from Ayyankottai 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

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

139

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

280

Non-farm households

520

Share of households farming, 2020

35%

Net sown area

474 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

474 / 200 / 424

Main irrigation source

Canals

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Ayyankottai panchayat, Alanganallur 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

₹34.39 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹8.68 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹33.95 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹9.13 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹14.23 lakh · received ₹3.47 lakh · spent ₹10.04 lakh · left ₹7.66 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹20.17 lakh · received ₹5.21 lakh · spent ₹23.91 lakh · left ₹1.47 lakh

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

Location

10.0541, 78.1003 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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