Melapunjai
Pudupalayam block · Tiruvannamalai
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 606704
· village code 631916
Population 2011
1,641
Census of India
Population 2020
2,090
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+27.4%
449 people · 2.7% a year
Households
535
+40.0% vs 382 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,641
Male / female
808 / 833
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,031
Children aged 0–6
222
Literacy rate
55.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
444 / 40
Working population
658
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
81.9%
Households
382
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 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
103
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
26
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
0
Non-farm households
2
Net sown area
250 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
250 / 60 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Melapunjai panchayat, Pudupalayam 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
₹18.40 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹4.90 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹11.89 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹11.41 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹5.28 lakh · received ₹1.96 lakh · spent ₹2.21 lakh · left ₹5.03 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹13.11 lakh · received ₹2.94 lakh · spent ₹9.67 lakh · left ₹6.38 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
12.3604, 78.8733 —
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