Melsathambur
Paramathy block · Namakkal
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 637206
· village code 634726
Population 2011
1,284
Census of India
Population 2020
2,677
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+108.5%
1,393 people · 8.5% a year
Households
776
+82.6% vs 425 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,284
Male / female
650 / 634
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
975
Children aged 0–6
109
Literacy rate
59.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
403 / 0
Working population
830
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
83.6%
Households
425
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
16
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
8
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
50
Non-farm households
20
Share of households farming, 2020
71%
Net sown area
423 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
423 / 423 / 63
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Melsathambur panchayat, Paramathy 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
₹13.73 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹6.19 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹17.00 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹2.92 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹5.39 lakh · received ₹2.48 lakh · spent ₹7.87 lakh · left ₹0
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹8.33 lakh · received ₹3.71 lakh · spent ₹9.13 lakh · left ₹2.92 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
11.1712, 78.0188 —
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