Pums Merkathiyankottai
| School Name | Pums Merkathiyankottai |
| Address | Merkathiyankottai, Merkathiyan Kottai, Maniyakaranoor, Nallampalli, Dharmapuri, Tamilnadu |
| Location | Merkathiyankottai |
| City | Dharmapuri |
| District | Dharmapuri |
| State | Tamilnadu |
| Pincode | 636807 |
| Category | Upper Primary School |
| Block | Nallampalli |
Pums Merkathiyankottai is located in Merkathiyankottai, Merkathiyan Kottai, Maniyakaranoor, Nallampalli, Dharmapuri, Tamilnadu. Established in year 1959, the school is a Co-educational and is located in Rural area. This is a Upper Primary school and is currently operational. The school is managed by Department of Education. This school falls under Palacodu assembly constituency. This school is situated in Dharmapuri parliamentary constituency. The language used to teach students is Tamil.
| Class I to V | 53 Students |
| Class VI to VIII | 50 Students |
| Total Students | 103 Students |
| Total Teachers | 6 Teachers |
| Student-Teacher Ratio | 17:1 |
| Student-Classroom Ratio | 10:1 |
This institution has strength of around two hundred students being taught by around 6 teachers, which makes the student-teacher ratio of 17 students per teacher. All of the teachers are appointed on Regular basis. Three teachers are Male and remaining three are Female. In terms of Academic qualification one teacher is Below Graduate and rest five are Post Graduate. Two teachers are trained in Computer. The student classroom ratio is 10:1, means on an average ten students sit in a classroom which is very good. There are 53 students in class I to V and 50 students in class VI to VIII.
The school is in a Govt. building and it has pucca boundary walls. The school has total ten clasrooms. The school has two laptops, three desktops, one tablet and one webcam in its premises. There is both reading corner and book bank for students. There are two boys toilets, two girls toilets and one cwsn toilet for students. The school has both hand wash facility and drinking water facility for people.