Punnaivanam
Sankarankovil block · Tenkasi
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 627755
· village code 642683
Population 2011
933
Census of India
Population 2020
2,290
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+145.4%
1,357 people · 10.5% a year
Households
351
+27.6% vs 275 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
933
Male / female
452 / 481
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,064
Children aged 0–6
108
Literacy rate
67.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
261 / 0
Working population
515
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
78.5%
Households
275
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
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
80
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
27
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
211
Non-farm households
140
Share of households farming, 2020
60%
Net sown area
28 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2 / 2 / 28
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Punnaivanam panchayat, Sankarankoil 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
₹14.37 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹2.85 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹6.48 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹10.74 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹6.84 lakh · received ₹1.14 lakh · spent ₹2.02 lakh · left ₹5.97 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹7.52 lakh · received ₹1.71 lakh · spent ₹4.46 lakh · left ₹4.77 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
9.1901, 77.5335 —
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