Silamalai

Bodinayakkanur block · Theni district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 625528 · village code 641078

Change since 2011 is not available for this village. The 2020 Mission Antyodaya survey recorded a population of 8,236 — exactly the Census 2011 figure. That happens in about 15% of villages nationally, where the surveyor appears to have carried the old number forward rather than counting afresh. Showing “0% growth” here would be reporting a number nobody measured, so we don't. How we detect this.

Population (Census 2011)

8,236

Households 2020

2,319

surveyed separately, so usable

Census 2011

Total population

8,236

Male / female

4,136 / 4,100

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

991

Children aged 0–6

836

Literacy rate

61.8%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

1,684 / 0

Working population

4,631

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

74.4%

Households

2,208

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

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

162

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Boys

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

710

Non-farm households

1,498

Share of households farming, 2020

32%

Net sown area

328 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

0 / 0 / 328

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Silamalai panchayat, Bodinaickanur 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

₹50.05 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹28.14 lakh

Received directly

₹5.00 lakh

Spent

₹69.04 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹14.15 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹12.45 lakh · received ₹11.25 lakh · spent ₹20.73 lakh · left ₹7.98 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹37.59 lakh · received ₹16.88 lakh · spent ₹48.31 lakh · left ₹6.17 lakh

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

Location

9.9459, 77.3426 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

Biggest population changes in Theni district · School staffing across Theni · …and across Tamil Nadu