Pamban

Mandapam block · Ramanathapuram district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 623529 · village code 642166

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 37,819 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 20,107 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

37,819

Male / female

19,163 / 18,656

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

974

Children aged 0–6

4,582

Literacy rate

74.8%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

503 / 3

Working population

13,116

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

5.7%

Households

8,522

Village facilities, 2020

This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was surveyed once by each. The figures below are from Thangachimadam 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

8-12 Hrs

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre

CHC

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

745

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

225

Non-farm households

3,235

Share of households farming, 2020

Net sown area

2 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

2 / 0 / 0

Main irrigation source

Other

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Thangachimadam panchayat, Mandapam 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

₹1.93 crore

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹42.15 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹1.27 crore

Unspent at year end

₹1.08 crore

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹53.02 lakh · received ₹16.86 lakh · spent ₹58.55 lakh · left ₹11.33 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹1.40 crore · received ₹25.29 lakh · spent ₹68.67 lakh · left ₹97.01 lakh

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

Location

9.2793, 79.1438 — view on OpenStreetMap

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