Puliyarai

Shencottah block · Tenkasi district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 627813 · village code 642780

Population 2011

9,186

Census of India

Population 2020

7,228

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

-21.3%

-1,958 people · -2.6% a year

Households

2,220

-12.1% vs 2,526 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

9,186

Male / female

4,584 / 4,602

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,004

Children aged 0–6

940

Literacy rate

70.0%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

4,079 / 27

Working population

4,287

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

57.1%

Households

2,526

Village facilities, 2020

This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was surveyed once by each. The figures below are from Puliyarai panchayat's return.

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

8-12 Hrs

Bank

Yes

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

261

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

1,348

Non-farm households

872

Share of households farming, 2020

61%

Net sown area

525 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

50 / 0 / 525

Main irrigation source

Canals

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Puliyarai 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

₹71.90 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹21.80 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹58.18 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹35.52 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹29.17 lakh · received ₹8.72 lakh · spent ₹26.16 lakh · left ₹11.73 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹42.73 lakh · received ₹13.08 lakh · spent ₹32.02 lakh · left ₹23.79 lakh

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

Location

9.0090, 77.2959 — view on OpenStreetMap

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