Vattanam

Tiruvadanai block · Ramanathapuram district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 641804 · village code 641804

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 2,456 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 8,456 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

2,456

Male / female

1,243 / 1,213

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

976

Children aged 0–6

290

Literacy rate

72.3%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

403 / 145

Working population

921

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

36.2%

Households

556

Village facilities, 2020

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

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water nearest 5 km away

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

8-12 Hrs

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre

CHC

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

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Sundarapandianpattinam panchayat, Thiruvadanai 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

₹44.98 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹9.66 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹42.38 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹12.26 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹13.68 lakh · received ₹3.86 lakh · spent ₹7.97 lakh · left ₹9.57 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹31.30 lakh · received ₹5.79 lakh · spent ₹34.41 lakh · left ₹2.69 lakh

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

Location

9.7838, 78.9135 — view on OpenStreetMap

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