Meyyathur

Komaratchi block · Cuddalore district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 608302 · village code 636973

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 1,593 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 21,257 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

1,593

Male / female

796 / 797

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,001

Children aged 0–6

181

Literacy rate

71.6%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

554 / 0

Working population

936

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

85.0%

Households

389

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school nearest 2 km away

Piped tap water

100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

8-12 Hrs

Bank nearest 2 km away

Primary health centre nearest 5 km away

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

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

192

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

685

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

90%

Net sown area

113 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

113 / 24 / 58

Main irrigation source

Surface water

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Meiyathur panchayat, Kumaratchi 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

₹12.71 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹5.50 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹10.06 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹8.15 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹5.48 lakh · received ₹2.20 lakh · spent ₹4.48 lakh · left ₹3.20 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹7.23 lakh · received ₹3.30 lakh · spent ₹5.58 lakh · left ₹4.95 lakh

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

Location

11.3333, 79.6063 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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