Melpattu
Jawathu Hills block · Tiruvannamalai
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 635703
· village code 631857
Population 2011
321
Census of India
Population 2020
237
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-26.2%
-84 people · -3.3% a year
Households
121
+47.6% vs 82 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
321
Male / female
173 / 148
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
855
Children aged 0–6
31
Literacy rate
56.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 320
Working population
181
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
68.0%
Households
82
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 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
37
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
19
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
120
Non-farm households
0
Share of households farming, 2020
100%
Net sown area
1 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
0 / 0 / 1
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Thenmalai Athipattu 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
₹39.11 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹4.87 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹13.47 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹30.51 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹20.01 lakh · received ₹1.95 lakh · spent ₹9.62 lakh · left ₹12.34 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹19.10 lakh · received ₹2.92 lakh · spent ₹3.85 lakh · left ₹18.17 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
12.5946, 78.8893 —
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