Melapalangur
Rishivandiam block · Kallakurichi
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 606205
· village code 633350
Population 2011
2,061
Census of India
Population 2020
2,322
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+12.7%
261 people · 1.3% a year
Households
788
+62.5% vs 485 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,061
Male / female
1,063 / 998
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
939
Children aged 0–6
232
Literacy rate
57.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
720 / 0
Working population
1,105
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
89.0%
Households
485
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
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
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
56
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
28
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Girls
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
580
Non-farm households
200
Share of households farming, 2020
74%
Net sown area
101 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
101 / 100 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Melaplangur panchayat, Rishivandiyam 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
₹5.47 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹6.32 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹11.78 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹713
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹2.23 lakh · received ₹2.53 lakh · spent ₹4.76 lakh · left ₹0
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹3.24 lakh · received ₹3.79 lakh · spent ₹7.02 lakh · left ₹713
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
11.8378, 79.1058 —
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