Melpulidiyur
Chengam block · Tiruvannamalai
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 606709
· village code 631895
Population 2011
5,057
Census of India
Population 2020
6,560
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+29.7%
1,503 people · 2.9% a year
Households
1,320
+18.8% vs 1,111 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
5,057
Male / female
2,544 / 2,513
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
988
Children aged 0–6
663
Literacy rate
61.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
2,179 / 10
Working population
2,291
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
67.7%
Households
1,111
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
352
Teachers
13
Students per teacher
27
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
316
Non-farm households
120
Share of households farming, 2020
72%
Net sown area
580 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
150 / 580 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Melpulidiyur 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
₹67.44 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹16.42 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹49.70 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹34.15 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹25.15 lakh · received ₹6.57 lakh · spent ₹19.07 lakh · left ₹12.64 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹42.29 lakh · received ₹9.85 lakh · spent ₹30.63 lakh · left ₹21.51 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
12.3014, 78.7914 —
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