Marandai
Alangulam block · Tenkasi
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 627851
· village code 642815
Population 2011
3,741
Census of India
Population 2020
3,841
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+2.7%
100 people · 0.3% a year
Households
1,078
+6.1% vs 1,016 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,741
Male / female
1,777 / 1,964
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,105
Children aged 0–6
437
Literacy rate
67.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,876 / 0
Working population
1,925
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
53.9%
Households
1,016
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
CHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
307
Teachers
14
Students per teacher
22
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
511
Non-farm households
0
Share of households farming, 2020
100%
Net sown area
150 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
150 / 0 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Maranthai panchayat, Alankulam 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
₹47.42 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹14.01 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹49.76 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹11.66 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.74 lakh · received ₹5.60 lakh · spent ₹16.61 lakh · left ₹73,012
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹35.68 lakh · received ₹8.40 lakh · spent ₹33.15 lakh · left ₹10.93 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
8.8649, 77.5024 —
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