Pothampatti
Usilampatti block · Madurai
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 625532
· village code 640827
Population 2011
6,929
Census of India
Population 2020
15,210
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+119.5%
8,281 people · 9.1% a year
Households
5,180
+178.3% vs 1,861 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
6,929
Male / female
3,460 / 3,469
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,003
Children aged 0–6
648
Literacy rate
65.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,372 / 0
Working population
4,036
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
67.9%
Households
1,861
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
281
Teachers
19
Students per teacher
15
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
774
Non-farm households
786
Share of households farming, 2020
50%
Net sown area
685 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
685 / 42 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Pothampatti panchayat, Usilampatti 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
₹38.60 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹19.08 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹41.59 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹16.09 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹13.28 lakh · received ₹7.63 lakh · spent ₹18.07 lakh · left ₹2.84 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹25.32 lakh · received ₹11.45 lakh · spent ₹23.52 lakh · left ₹13.25 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
9.9605, 77.7886 —
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