Kalavay (Mel)
Vallam block · Villupuram
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 604208
· village code 632384
Population 2011
2,157
Census of India
Population 2020
2,158
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+0.1%
1 people · 0.0% a year
Households
616
+26.2% vs 488 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,157
Male / female
1,054 / 1,103
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,046
Children aged 0–6
253
Literacy rate
57.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
615 / 193
Working population
1,177
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
94.4%
Households
488
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
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
96
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
19
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
40
Non-farm households
350
Share of households farming, 2020
10%
Net sown area
215 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
65 / 0 / 215
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Melkalavai panchayat, Vallam 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
₹78.36 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹6.61 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹7.66 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹77.31 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹30.12 lakh · received ₹2.64 lakh · spent ₹4.99 lakh · left ₹27.76 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹48.24 lakh · received ₹3.97 lakh · spent ₹2.66 lakh · left ₹49.55 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
12.2523, 79.5230 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Villupuram district ·
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