Pungavarnatham

Kayathar block · Tuticorin district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 628908 · village code 642296

Population 2011

1,176

Census of India

Population 2020

1,068

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

-9.2%

-108 people · -1.1% a year

Households

1,068

+167.0% vs 400 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

1,176

Male / female

554 / 622

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,123

Children aged 0–6

Literacy rate

67.3%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

333 / 0

Working population

718

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

71.2%

Households

400

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school nearest 2 km away

Piped tap water

100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank nearest 2 km away

Primary health centre

Sub Centre

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

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

Non-farm households

141

Share of households farming, 2020

Net sown area

625 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

248 / 625 / 322

Main irrigation source

Surface water

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Pungavarnatham panchayat, Kayathar 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

₹21.91 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹5.01 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹9.26 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹17.66 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹6.49 lakh · received ₹2.00 lakh · spent ₹2.97 lakh · left ₹5.53 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹15.41 lakh · received ₹3.00 lakh · spent ₹6.29 lakh · left ₹12.13 lakh

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

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