Melur
Kallakkurichi block · Kallakurichi
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 606201
· village code 633508
Population 2011
1,874
Census of India
Population 2020
2,950
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+57.4%
1,076 people · 5.2% a year
Households
610
+31.2% vs 465 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,874
Male / female
1,032 / 842
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
816
Children aged 0–6
188
Literacy rate
65.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
668 / 3
Working population
829
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
89.1%
Households
465
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
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
Yes
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
63
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
32
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
4
Non-farm households
240
Share of households farming, 2020
2%
Net sown area
277 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
277 / 167 / 68
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Melur panchayat, Kallakurichi 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
₹14.71 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹6.68 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹6.37 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹15.01 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹5.83 lakh · received ₹2.67 lakh · spent ₹1.99 lakh · left ₹6.51 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹8.88 lakh · received ₹4.01 lakh · spent ₹4.38 lakh · left ₹8.51 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
11.6565, 78.9385 —
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