Melpadi
Katpadi block · Vellore
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 632520
· village code 630382
Population 2011
5,767
Census of India
Population 2020
6,988
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+21.2%
1,221 people · 2.2% a year
Households
1,522
+10.8% vs 1,374 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
5,767
Male / female
2,910 / 2,857
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
982
Children aged 0–6
579
Literacy rate
69.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
626 / 21
Working population
2,666
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
46.0%
Households
1,374
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
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
100
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
25
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
836
Non-farm households
686
Share of households farming, 2020
55%
Net sown area
729 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
337 / 66 / 729
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Melpadi panchayat, Katpadi 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
₹45.34 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹14.22 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹17.60 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹41.96 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹19.40 lakh · received ₹5.69 lakh · spent ₹6.33 lakh · left ₹18.75 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹25.94 lakh · received ₹8.53 lakh · spent ₹11.27 lakh · left ₹23.21 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
13.0797, 79.2696 —
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