Mel Seeshamangalam

Cheyyar block · Tiruvannamalai district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 604504 · village code 631418

Population 2011

6,224

Census of India

Population 2020

6,235

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+0.2%

11 people · 0.0% a year

Households

1,520

+1.4% vs 1,499 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

6,224

Male / female

3,089 / 3,135

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,015

Children aged 0–6

598

Literacy rate

67.7%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

1,859 / 75

Working population

3,165

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

64.8%

Households

1,499

Village facilities, 2020

This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was surveyed once by each. The figures below are from Melseeshamangalam panchayat's return.

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 nearest 5 km away

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

160

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

705

Non-farm households

806

Share of households farming, 2020

47%

Net sown area

440 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

70 / 45 / 440

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Melseeshamangalam panchayat, Cheyyar 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

₹65.48 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹16.35 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹28.39 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹53.44 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹33.78 lakh · received ₹6.54 lakh · spent ₹3.45 lakh · left ₹36.86 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹31.71 lakh · received ₹9.81 lakh · spent ₹24.94 lakh · left ₹16.58 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

12.6667, 79.5394 — view on OpenStreetMap

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