Melchengam
Chengam block · Tiruvannamalai
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 606703
· village code 631893
Population 2011
2,101
Census of India
Population 2020
2,549
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+21.3%
448 people · 2.2% a year
Households
636
+23.7% vs 514 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,101
Male / female
1,063 / 1,038
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
976
Children aged 0–6
248
Literacy rate
59.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
331 / 8
Working population
959
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
80.5%
Households
514
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
No
Middle school
No
High school
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located
Farming
Farm households
150
Non-farm households
177
Share of households farming, 2020
46%
Net sown area
20 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
10 / 20 / 12
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Melchengam panchayat, Chengam 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
₹40.06 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹11.37 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹28.60 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹22.84 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.02 lakh · received ₹4.55 lakh · spent ₹10.56 lakh · left ₹5.01 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹29.05 lakh · received ₹6.82 lakh · spent ₹18.04 lakh · left ₹17.83 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
12.2703, 78.7171 —
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