Melacheri
Melmalayanur block · Villupuram
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 604202
· village code 632366
Population 2011
2,681
Census of India
Population 2020
3,163
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+18.0%
482 people · 1.9% a year
Households
671
+5.8% vs 634 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,681
Male / female
1,360 / 1,321
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
971
Children aged 0–6
231
Literacy rate
64.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
712 / 113
Working population
1,407
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
66.7%
Households
634
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
104
Teachers
8
Students per teacher
13
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
326
Non-farm households
216
Share of households farming, 2020
60%
Net sown area
204 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
204 / 0 / 6
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Melachari 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
₹68.72 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹8.12 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹14.46 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹62.38 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹21.03 lakh · received ₹3.25 lakh · spent ₹5.10 lakh · left ₹19.18 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹47.69 lakh · received ₹4.87 lakh · spent ₹9.36 lakh · left ₹43.19 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
12.3423, 79.3290 —
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