Poondi (Mela)
Pernamallur block · Tiruvannamalai
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 632313
· village code 631535
Population 2011
543
Census of India
Population 2020
512
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-5.7%
-31 people · -0.7% a year
Households
133
+8.1% vs 123 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
543
Male / female
284 / 259
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
912
Children aged 0–6
38
Literacy rate
73.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
51 / 0
Working population
340
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
97.1%
Households
123
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 2 km away
No
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
76
Non-farm households
50
Share of households farming, 2020
60%
Net sown area
66 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
66 / 47 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Melapoondi panchayat, Pernamallur 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
₹2.36 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹2.19 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹3.29 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹1.26 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹1.54 lakh · received ₹87,440 · spent ₹1.17 lakh · left ₹1.24 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹82,525 · received ₹1.31 lakh · spent ₹2.12 lakh · left ₹1,787
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
12.5586, 79.4320 —
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