Melsiruvalur

Sankarapuram block · Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 605702 · village code 633240

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 6,231 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 22,535 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

6,231

Male / female

3,163 / 3,068

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

970

Children aged 0–6

756

Literacy rate

68.5%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

1,249 / 0

Working population

2,784

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

73.4%

Households

1,363

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

50 to 100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

8-12 Hrs

Bank nearest 2 km away

Primary health centre

CHC

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Yes

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

288

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

None

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

Non-farm households

1,260

Share of households farming, 2020

Net sown area

1,202 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

1,202 / 70 / 20

Main irrigation source

Surface water

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Melsiruvalur panchayat, Sankarapuram 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

₹36.14 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹15.52 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹27.32 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹24.35 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹23.48 lakh · received ₹6.21 lakh · spent ₹12.26 lakh · left ₹17.43 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹12.66 lakh · received ₹9.31 lakh · spent ₹15.06 lakh · left ₹6.91 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

11.9099, 78.9426 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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