Melkalathur
Nemili block · Ranipet
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 630521
· village code 630618
Population 2011
2,487
Census of India
Population 2020
2,508
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+0.8%
21 people · 0.1% a year
Households
570
+2.7% vs 555 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,487
Male / female
1,230 / 1,257
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,022
Children aged 0–6
277
Literacy rate
63.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
966 / 28
Working population
1,264
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
48.7%
Households
555
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 2 km away
No
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
CHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Separately located
Farming
Farm households
0
Non-farm households
560
Net sown area
182 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
182 / 64 / 85
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Melkalathur panchayat, Nemili 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
₹25.15 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹8.09 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹29.52 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹3.73 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹6.32 lakh · received ₹3.24 lakh · spent ₹9.20 lakh · left ₹35,838
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹18.83 lakh · received ₹4.86 lakh · spent ₹20.32 lakh · left ₹3.37 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
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