Melakottai
Palani block · Dindigul district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 624613 · village code 635148
Population 2011
1,309
Census of India
Population 2020
1,230
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-6.0%
-79 people · -0.7% a year
Households
312
-20.2% vs 391 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,309
Male / female
653 / 656
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,005
Children aged 0–6
96
Literacy rate
63.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
308 / 0
Working population
763
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
86.0%
Households
391
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
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
26
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
13
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
282
Non-farm households
30
Share of households farming, 2020
90%
Net sown area
214 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
214 / 113 / 34
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Location
10.4505, 77.5201 — view on OpenStreetMap
Nearby villages
Marichilambu · Markampatti · Markkampatti · Mattapparai · Melkaraipatti · Methugumalai R.F. · Mettupatti · Midapadi