Mel Kolathur
Anakkavur block · Tiruvannamalai
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 604505
· village code 631409
Population 2011
496
Census of India
Population 2020
1,024
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+106.5%
528 people · 8.4% a year
Households
186
+20.0% vs 155 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
496
Male / female
265 / 231
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
872
Children aged 0–6
21
Literacy rate
57.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
107 / 0
Working population
328
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
73.2%
Households
155
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
14
Teachers
1
Students per teacher
14
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
120
Non-farm households
65
Share of households farming, 2020
65%
Net sown area
18 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
18 / 16 / 16
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Melkolathur panchayat, Anakkavoor 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
₹5.41 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.53 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹2.60 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹4.34 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹2.43 lakh · received ₹61,187 · spent ₹99,801 · left ₹2.04 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹2.98 lakh · received ₹91,781 · spent ₹1.60 lakh · left ₹2.29 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
12.6486, 79.5338 —
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