Karanai (Mel)
Melmalayanur block · Villupuram
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 604208
· village code 632303
Population 2011
725
Census of India
Population 2020
808
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.4%
83 people · 1.2% a year
Households
189
+8.0% vs 175 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
725
Male / female
368 / 357
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
970
Children aged 0–6
97
Literacy rate
57.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
88 / 13
Working population
401
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
93.0%
Households
175
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 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
39
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
20
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
125
Non-farm households
64
Share of households farming, 2020
66%
Net sown area
125 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
125 / 15 / 64
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Vadavetti panchayat, Melmalayanur 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
₹37.04 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹8.12 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹22.81 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹22.36 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹17.75 lakh · received ₹3.25 lakh · spent ₹10.03 lakh · left ₹10.97 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹19.29 lakh · received ₹4.87 lakh · spent ₹12.78 lakh · left ₹11.38 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
12.3505, 79.3161 —
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