Melapalaiyur
Srimushnam block · Cuddalore
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 608702
· village code 637199
Population 2011
1,696
Census of India
Population 2020
2,146
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+26.5%
450 people · 2.6% a year
Households
701
+53.1% vs 458 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,696
Male / female
839 / 857
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,021
Children aged 0–6
193
Literacy rate
58.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
706 / 1
Working population
902
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
89.4%
Households
458
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 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
55
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
18
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
500
Non-farm households
201
Share of households farming, 2020
71%
Net sown area
328 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
279 / 328 / 219
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Melapalaiyur 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
₹14.70 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹5.24 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹14.05 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹5.90 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹3.28 lakh · received ₹2.10 lakh · spent ₹4.86 lakh · left ₹51,486
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹11.42 lakh · received ₹3.15 lakh · spent ₹9.19 lakh · left ₹5.38 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
11.4595, 79.4027 —
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