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Melkumaramangalam (South)

Annagramam block · Cuddalore district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 607205 · village code 636526

Population 2011
5,975
Census of India
Population 2020
5,258
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-12.0%
-717 people · -1.4% a year
Households
900
-39.8% vs 1,496 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population
5,975
Male / female
2,953 / 3,022
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,023
Children aged 0–6
731
Literacy rate
62.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
2,117 / 0
Working population
3,099
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
88.5%
Households
1,496

Village facilities, 2020

This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was surveyed once by each. The figures below are from M.K.Mangalam panchayat's return.

Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
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
171
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
34
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes

Farming

Farm households
742
Non-farm households
158
Share of households farming, 2020
82%
Net sown area
274 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
274 / 202 / 274
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for M.K.Mangalam panchayat, Annagramam 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
₹22.89 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹9.76 lakh
Received directly
Spent
₹21.25 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹11.39 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹1.14 lakh · received ₹3.90 lakh · spent ₹5.04 lakh · left ₹0
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹21.74 lakh · received ₹5.86 lakh · spent ₹16.21 lakh · left ₹11.39 lakh

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

Location

11.8198, 79.5793 — view on OpenStreetMap

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