Melathikkan
Tiruvannamalai block · Tiruvannamalai
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 606603
· village code 632161
Population 2011
1,767
Census of India
Population 2020
1,671
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-5.4%
-96 people · -0.6% a year
Households
406
-1.0% vs 410 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,767
Male / female
903 / 864
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
957
Children aged 0–6
217
Literacy rate
58.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
55 / 572
Working population
906
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
36.4%
Households
410
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi nearest 1 km away
No
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
123
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
18
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
300
Non-farm households
106
Share of households farming, 2020
74%
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Melathikkan panchayat, Tiruvannamalai 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
₹39.65 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹10.17 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹32.99 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹16.83 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.01 lakh · received ₹4.07 lakh · spent ₹13.71 lakh · left ₹2.37 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹27.65 lakh · received ₹6.10 lakh · spent ₹19.28 lakh · left ₹14.46 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
12.1982, 79.0644 —
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