Palayankottai (Melpathi)
Srimushnam block · Cuddalore
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 608701
· village code 636943
Population 2011
1,871
Census of India
Population 2020
3,805
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+103.4%
1,934 people · 8.2% a year
Households
495
+15.4% vs 429 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,871
Male / female
972 / 899
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
925
Children aged 0–6
191
Literacy rate
72.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 4
Working population
838
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
71.4%
Households
429
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
No
Middle school
Yes
High school
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
No
Primary health centre
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located
Farming
Farm households
0
Non-farm households
0
Net sown area
291 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
291 / 224 / 194
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Palayankottaimel panchayat, Srimushnam 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
₹14.24 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹3.94 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹10.66 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹7.53 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹3.54 lakh · received ₹1.58 lakh · spent ₹4.88 lakh · left ₹23,519
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹10.70 lakh · received ₹2.37 lakh · spent ₹5.78 lakh · left ₹7.29 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
11.3694, 79.4877 —
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Nearby villages
Palavattunnan
compare · Palavaykandan
compare · Palayancherthangudi
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compare · Pallavarayanatham
compare · Pallipattu
compare · Pallippadai (CT)
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Cuddalore district ·
School
staffing across Cuddalore ·
…and across Tamil Nadu