Poygai

Kadaiyanallur block · Tenkasi district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 627856 · village code 642750

Population 2011

5,645

Census of India

Population 2020

6,202

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+9.9%

557 people · 1.1% a year

Households

1,355

-8.3% vs 1,478 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

5,645

Male / female

2,856 / 2,789

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

977

Children aged 0–6

610

Literacy rate

69.6%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

458 / 0

Working population

3,256

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

51.2%

Households

1,478

Village facilities, 2020

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 nearest 1 km away

Primary health centre

PHC

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

364

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

Non-farm households

Net sown area

453 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

453 / 453 / 0

Main irrigation source

Other

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Poigai panchayat, Kadayanallur 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

₹35.98 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹13.10 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹8.50 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹40.58 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹20.78 lakh · received ₹5.24 lakh · spent ₹24,729 · left ₹25.77 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹15.20 lakh · received ₹7.86 lakh · spent ₹8.25 lakh · left ₹14.81 lakh

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

Location

9.0270, 77.3910 — view on OpenStreetMap

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