Block|Dindigul district

Palani block

20 Gram Panchayats, 20 of them with a water profile. Figures below are the block’s share of the district roll-up, read as of 2026-09-06.

95.8%

of households recorded with a tap

35,125 connections against 36,677 households.

15.2%

of irrigated farmland from canals

Census 2011

8,727 ha irrigated across 15 Panchayats with a land record; wells 58.8%, tanks 26.0%.

semi-critical

taluk groundwater categorytaluk projection

IN-GRES 2024-2025

The category most of the block's Panchayats inherit from their containing revenue taluk (20 of 20 projected). Containing-area context, not a measurement of the block.

116

water bodies in the TNGIS register

1,546 ha of mapped waterspread. 0 Panchayats untested for 90+ days; longest gap 86 days.