Gudalur (Mel)
Vallam block · Villupuram
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 604203
· village code 632494
Population 2011
590
Census of India
Population 2020
1,230
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+108.5%
640 people · 8.5% a year
Households
457
+236.0% vs 136 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
590
Male / female
302 / 288
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
954
Children aged 0–6
75
Literacy rate
61.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 12
Working population
331
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
87.0%
Households
136
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Mel Olakkur panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
PHC
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
55
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
18
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
200
Non-farm households
215
Share of households farming, 2020
48%
Net sown area
50 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
50 / 30 / 15
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Mel Olakkur 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
₹45.47 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹4.95 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹4.99 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹45.43 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹23.73 lakh · received ₹1.98 lakh · spent ₹12,912 · left ₹25.58 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹21.73 lakh · received ₹2.97 lakh · spent ₹4.86 lakh · left ₹19.84 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
12.2523, 79.4308 —
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