Melsilambadi
Jawathu Hills block · Tiruvannamalai
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 635703
· village code 631846
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 2,575 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 316 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
2,575
Male / female
1,350 / 1,225
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
907
Children aged 0–6
373
Literacy rate
47.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
9 / 2,523
Working population
1,527
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
95.3%
Households
579
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 10 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport
Van
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
25
Teachers
1
Students per teacher
25
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
2
Non-farm households
2
Share of households farming, 2020
50%
Net sown area
180 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
180 / 150 / 2
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Melsilambadi panchayat, Jawadhu Hills 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
₹1.27 crore
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹20.07 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹66.17 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹80.74 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹58.13 lakh · received ₹8.03 lakh · spent ₹23.26 lakh · left ₹42.89 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹68.71 lakh · received ₹12.04 lakh · spent ₹42.90 lakh · left ₹37.85 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
12.6126, 78.8948 —
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population changes in Tiruvannamalai district ·
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