Melakatunda
Rayagada block · Rayagada
district, Odisha · PIN 765002
· village code 426486
Population 2011
245
Census of India
Population 2020
150
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-38.8%
-95 people · -5.3% a year
Households
57
+9.6% vs 52 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
245
Male / female
119 / 126
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,059
Children aged 0–6
49
Literacy rate
20.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
7 / 238
Working population
145
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
100.0%
Households
52
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 2 km away
No
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
1-4 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
2
Non-farm households
2
Share of households farming, 2020
50%
Net sown area
3 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
3 / 1 / 3
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Nakiti panchayat, Rayagada 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
₹35.55 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹16.32 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹12.48 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹39.39 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹16.10 lakh · received ₹6.53 lakh · spent ₹5.22 lakh · left ₹17.41 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹19.45 lakh · received ₹9.79 lakh · spent ₹7.26 lakh · left ₹21.98 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
19.1894, 83.4127 —
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