Mekalore
Keelpennathur block · Tiruvannamalai
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 604601
· village code 632096
Population 2011
4,657
Census of India
Population 2020
6,314
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+35.6%
1,657 people · 3.4% a year
Households
1,623
+41.1% vs 1,150 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,657
Male / female
2,333 / 2,324
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
996
Children aged 0–6
536
Literacy rate
61.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,689 / 66
Working population
2,468
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
83.5%
Households
1,150
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
51
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
26
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Girls
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
70
Non-farm households
30
Share of households farming, 2020
70%
Net sown area
653 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
653 / 377 / 276
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Mekkalur panchayat, Kilpennathur 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
₹36.72 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹14.35 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹38.26 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹12.81 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹27.01 lakh · received ₹5.74 lakh · spent ₹25.28 lakh · left ₹7.47 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹9.71 lakh · received ₹8.61 lakh · spent ₹12.98 lakh · left ₹5.34 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
12.3063, 79.2443 —
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