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Sandaiyur

T.Kallupatti block · Madurai district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 625703 · village code 640898

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 5,616 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 2,895 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population
5,616
Male / female
2,830 / 2,786
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
984
Children aged 0–6
531
Literacy rate
60.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,160 / 0
Working population
3,291
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
75.3%
Households
1,540

Village facilities, 2020

This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was surveyed once by each. The figures below are from S. Melappatty panchayat's return.

Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan

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
138
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
20
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes

Farming

Farm households
495
Non-farm households
275
Share of households farming, 2020
64%
Net sown area
110 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
103 / 110 / 101
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for S. Melappatty panchayat, T.Kallupatty 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
₹13.98 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹9.53 lakh
Received directly
Spent
₹16.14 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹7.37 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹5.65 lakh · received ₹3.81 lakh · spent ₹2.09 lakh · left ₹7.37 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹8.33 lakh · received ₹5.72 lakh · spent ₹14.04 lakh · left ₹167

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

Location

9.6937, 77.7589 — view on OpenStreetMap

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