R. Sivakumar (11) of Rainbow Colony at Kottur who went missing at Aliyar Dam, on Friday, died of drowning.
His body was recovered between Aliyar Dam PAP Canal Shutter and Zero Point on Saturday, and sent for post-mortem.
Aliyar police said that the boy was studying in sixth standard in the Boys HSS at Kottur.
On Friday, after exam he went to the dam for a swim with his classmate M. Sivananda Bharathi (11), of Puliyangandi, near Aliyar. Sivananda Bharathi could not find his friend and returned home without informing anyone about the missing boy, police said.