Melakuppam
Arcot block · Ranipet
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 632517
· village code 630524
Population 2011
3,049
Census of India
Population 2020
5,242
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+71.9%
2,193 people · 6.2% a year
Households
1,080
+48.0% vs 730 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,049
Male / female
1,528 / 1,521
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
995
Children aged 0–6
334
Literacy rate
75.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
346 / 2
Working population
1,255
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
50.8%
Households
730
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
124
Teachers
10
Students per teacher
12
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
0
Non-farm households
0
Net sown area
59 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2 / 59 / 2
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Melakuppam panchayat, Arcot 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
₹71.00 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹11.70 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹11.33 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹71.38 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹42.22 lakh · received ₹4.68 lakh · spent ₹457 · left ₹46.90 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹28.78 lakh · received ₹7.02 lakh · spent ₹11.32 lakh · left ₹24.48 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
12.9009, 79.3175 —
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