Elathur
Shencottah block · Tenkasi
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 627803
· village code 642777
Population 2011
8,636
Census of India
Population 2020
5,435
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-37.1%
-3,201 people · -5.0% a year
Households
2,808
+13.4% vs 2,475 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
8,636
Male / female
4,356 / 4,280
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
983
Children aged 0–6
788
Literacy rate
69.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
2,799 / 84
Working population
4,626
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
52.4%
Households
2,475
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Elathur 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
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
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
110
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
16
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,340
Non-farm households
578
Share of households farming, 2020
70%
Net sown area
23 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
23 / 0 / 0
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Elathur panchayat, Shencottai 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
₹48.29 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹15.49 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹31.84 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹31.95 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹16.13 lakh · received ₹6.20 lakh · spent ₹11.56 lakh · left ₹10.76 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹32.17 lakh · received ₹9.30 lakh · spent ₹20.27 lakh · left ₹21.19 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
9.0108, 77.2882 —
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