Melukavu
Erattupetta block · Kottayam district, Kerala · PIN 686652 · village code 628119
Population 2011
9,385
Census of India
Population 2020
11,228
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+19.6%
1,843 people · 2.0% a year
Households
2,855
+21.4% vs 2,352 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
9,385
Male / female
4,623 / 4,762
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,030
Children aged 0–6
810
Literacy rate
89.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
280 / 3,058
Working population
3,922
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
23.9%
Households
2,352
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was surveyed once by each. The figures below are from Melukavu panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
CHC
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
496
Teachers
24
Students per teacher
21
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
2,107
Non-farm households
748
Share of households farming, 2020
74%
Net sown area
2,480 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
0 / 0 / 2,480
Main irrigation source
Other
Location
9.6937, 76.6804 — view on OpenStreetMap
Nearby villages
Kadanad · Moonilavu · Ramapuram · Thalanadu · Teekoy · Vellilappally · Thalappalam · Uzhavoor