Melakurichi
Nallur block · Cuddalore
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 606204
· village code 637106
Population 2011
710
Census of India
Population 2020
671
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-5.5%
-39 people · -0.6% a year
Households
212
+35.0% vs 157 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
710
Male / female
356 / 354
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
994
Children aged 0–6
67
Literacy rate
66.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
304 / 0
Working population
357
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
95.0%
Households
157
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 1 km away
No
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Separately located
Farming
Farm households
80
Non-farm households
115
Share of households farming, 2020
41%
Net sown area
98 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
98 / 51 / 59
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Keelkurichi panchayat, Nallur 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
₹25.55 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹6.66 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹21.80 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹10.41 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.78 lakh · received ₹2.66 lakh · spent ₹10.75 lakh · left ₹1.70 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹15.76 lakh · received ₹4.00 lakh · spent ₹11.05 lakh · left ₹8.71 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
11.5856, 79.0888 —
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