Kethanur
Pongalur block · Tiruppur
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 641671
· village code 644806
Population 2011
3,797
Census of India
Population 2020
8,008
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+110.9%
4,211 people · 8.6% a year
Households
2,500
+121.6% vs 1,128 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,797
Male / female
1,885 / 1,912
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,014
Children aged 0–6
302
Literacy rate
64.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,334 / 3
Working population
2,137
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
58.6%
Households
1,128
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
Sub Centre
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
199
Teachers
8
Students per teacher
25
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
312
Non-farm households
169
Share of households farming, 2020
65%
Net sown area
376 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
176 / 376 / 329
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kethanur panchayat, Pongalur 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
₹60.06 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹13.23 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹30.49 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹42.81 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹26.94 lakh · received ₹5.29 lakh · spent ₹17.55 lakh · left ₹14.68 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹33.13 lakh · received ₹7.94 lakh · spent ₹12.94 lakh · left ₹28.12 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
10.9730, 77.3603 —
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