Melputhur
Cheyyar block · Tiruvannamalai
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 604504
· village code 631420
Population 2011
459
Census of India
Population 2020
437
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-4.8%
-22 people · -0.5% a year
Households
215
+100.9% vs 107 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
459
Male / female
225 / 234
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,040
Children aged 0–6
36
Literacy rate
63.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
96 / 0
Working population
300
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
89.0%
Households
107
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 1 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 2 km away
No
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
29
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
15
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
120
Non-farm households
0
Share of households farming, 2020
100%
Net sown area
92 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
92 / 20 / 28
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Munugapattu 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
₹20.27 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹9.48 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹8.99 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹20.76 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹0 · received ₹3.79 lakh · spent ₹19,998 · left ₹3.59 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹20.27 lakh · received ₹5.69 lakh · spent ₹8.79 lakh · left ₹17.17 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
12.6667, 79.5394 —
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