Melakadambur
Kattumannarkoil block · Cuddalore
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 608304
· village code 637026
Population 2011
873
Census of India
Population 2020
2,141
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+145.3%
1,268 people · 10.5% a year
Households
660
+178.5% vs 237 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
873
Male / female
429 / 444
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,035
Children aged 0–6
101
Literacy rate
73.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
670 / 0
Working population
219
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
93.6%
Households
237
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 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
36
Teachers
1
Students per teacher
36
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
499
Non-farm households
161
Share of households farming, 2020
76%
Net sown area
139 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
23 / 139 / 1
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Melakadambur panchayat, Kattumannar Koil 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
₹11.04 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹3.66 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹12.31 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹2.39 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹2.76 lakh · received ₹1.46 lakh · spent ₹3.21 lakh · left ₹1.02 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹8.28 lakh · received ₹2.20 lakh · spent ₹9.10 lakh · left ₹1.37 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
11.2432, 79.5446 —
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