Melpennathur

Chengam block · Tiruvannamalai district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 606704 · village code 631937

Population 2011

3,405

Census of India

Population 2020

3,605

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+5.9%

200 people · 0.6% a year

Households

944

+19.2% vs 792 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

3,405

Male / female

1,767 / 1,638

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

927

Children aged 0–6

452

Literacy rate

52.8%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

1,287 / 0

Working population

1,768

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

89.4%

Households

792

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

50 to 100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank nearest 1 km away

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

220

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

488

Non-farm households

456

Share of households farming, 2020

52%

Net sown area

174 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

174 / 174 / 0

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Melpennathur 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

₹28.95 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹9.99 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹4.04 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹34.89 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹13.53 lakh · received ₹3.99 lakh · spent ₹13,000 · left ₹17.40 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹15.41 lakh · received ₹5.99 lakh · spent ₹3.91 lakh · left ₹17.49 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

12.1261, 78.9876 — view on OpenStreetMap

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