Melkundah

Udhagamandalam block · The Nilgiris district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 643219 · village code 635120

Change since 2011 is not available for this village. The 2020 Mission Antyodaya survey recorded a population of 2,106 — exactly the Census 2011 figure. That happens in about 15% of villages nationally, where the surveyor appears to have carried the old number forward rather than counting afresh. Showing “0% growth” here would be reporting a number nobody measured, so we don't. How we detect this.

Population (Census 2011)

2,106

Households 2020

950

surveyed separately, so usable

Census 2011

Total population

2,106

Male / female

1,050 / 1,056

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,006

Children aged 0–6

143

Literacy rate

67.8%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

1,426 / 72

Working population

1,249

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

22.4%

Households

649

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school nearest 5 km away

High school nearest 5 km away

Piped tap water

100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank nearest 2 km away

Primary health centre nearest 5 km away

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

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

800

Non-farm households

150

Share of households farming, 2020

84%

Net sown area

43 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

43 / 42 / 23

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Mel Kundha panchayat, Udhagai 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

₹55.94 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹16.51 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹57.07 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹15.38 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹20.42 lakh · received ₹6.61 lakh · spent ₹24.88 lakh · left ₹2.15 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹35.51 lakh · received ₹9.91 lakh · spent ₹32.19 lakh · left ₹13.23 lakh

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

Location

11.4054, 76.7039 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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