Mettupalayam (South)
Veppanthattai block · Perambalur
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 621115
· village code 636178
Population 2011
2,538
Census of India
Population 2020
2,256
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-11.1%
-282 people · -1.3% a year
Households
756
+12.7% vs 671 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,538
Male / female
1,268 / 1,270
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,002
Children aged 0–6
295
Literacy rate
55.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
931 / 1
Working population
1,292
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
82.1%
Households
671
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
107
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
27
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
501
Non-farm households
240
Share of households farming, 2020
68%
Net sown area
1,085 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
1,085 / 23 / 12
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Mettupalayam panchayat, Veppanthattai 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
₹57.35 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹13.75 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹11.32 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹59.78 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹23.57 lakh · received ₹5.50 lakh · spent ₹3.64 lakh · left ₹25.43 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹33.79 lakh · received ₹8.25 lakh · spent ₹7.68 lakh · left ₹34.35 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
11.3153, 78.9214 —
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