Erichchanatham

Sivakasi block · Virudhunagar district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 626103 · village code 641268

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 6,057 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 1,915 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

6,057

Male / female

2,980 / 3,077

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,033

Children aged 0–6

550

Literacy rate

69.8%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

1,528 / 0

Working population

3,170

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

70.3%

Households

1,743

Village facilities, 2020

This village spans 4 gram panchayats and was surveyed once by each. The figures below are from Nadayaneri panchayat's return.

Primary school

Yes

Middle school nearest 1 km away

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 nearest 1 km away

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

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

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

253

Non-farm households

144

Share of households farming, 2020

64%

Net sown area

717 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

0 / 717 / 0

Main irrigation source

Surface water

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Nadayaneri panchayat, Sivakasi 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

₹40.26 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹7.04 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹19.39 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹27.91 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹15.76 lakh · received ₹2.82 lakh · spent ₹13.18 lakh · left ₹5.39 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹24.50 lakh · received ₹4.22 lakh · spent ₹6.21 lakh · left ₹22.51 lakh

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

Location

9.6364, 77.8247 — view on OpenStreetMap

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