Marachandiram
Veppanapalli block · Krishnagiri
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 635121
· village code 643909
Population 2011
6,939
Census of India
Population 2020
4,536
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-34.6%
-2,403 people · -4.6% a year
Households
1,252
-17.5% vs 1,517 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
6,939
Male / female
3,535 / 3,404
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
963
Children aged 0–6
980
Literacy rate
55.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
917 / 0
Working population
3,307
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
55.3%
Households
1,517
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Marasandiram 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
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
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
251
Teachers
25
Students per teacher
10
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
2
Non-farm households
2
Share of households farming, 2020
50%
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Marasandiram panchayat, Veppanapalli 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
₹32.77 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹11.89 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹15.44 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹29.22 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.03 lakh · received ₹4.75 lakh · spent ₹13.46 lakh · left ₹32,721
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹23.74 lakh · received ₹7.13 lakh · spent ₹1.97 lakh · left ₹28.89 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
12.6486, 78.1488 —
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