Palayam
Morappur block · Dharmapuri
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 635305
· village code 643327
Population 2011
489
Census of India
Population 2020
420
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-14.1%
-69 people · -1.7% a year
Households
70
-44.9% vs 127 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
489
Male / female
256 / 233
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
910
Children aged 0–6
47
Literacy rate
63.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
65 / 0
Working population
259
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
75.7%
Households
127
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 1 km away
No
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
35
Non-farm households
35
Share of households farming, 2020
50%
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kosapatti panchayat, Morappur 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
₹47.53 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹11.62 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹26.66 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹32.50 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹15.67 lakh · received ₹4.65 lakh · spent ₹51,327 · left ₹19.80 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹31.87 lakh · received ₹6.97 lakh · spent ₹26.14 lakh · left ₹12.70 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
12.1622, 78.3901 —
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