Poomalaikundu

Theni block · Theni district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 625520 · village code 641108

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 8,074 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 3,574 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

8,074

Male / female

4,131 / 3,943

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

954

Children aged 0–6

783

Literacy rate

63.5%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

1,216 / 0

Working population

4,243

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

73.9%

Households

2,198

Village facilities, 2020

This village spans 3 gram panchayats and was surveyed once by each. The figures below are from Dharmapuri panchayat's return.

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 nearest 2 km away

Primary health centre nearest 2 km away

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

200

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

685

Non-farm households

520

Share of households farming, 2020

57%

Net sown area

813 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

635 / 605 / 813

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Dharmapuri panchayat, Theni 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

₹50.53 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹9.04 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹19.45 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹40.11 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹40.85 lakh · received ₹3.62 lakh · spent ₹8.27 lakh · left ₹36.20 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹9.68 lakh · received ₹5.42 lakh · spent ₹11.18 lakh · left ₹3.92 lakh

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

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