Melur

Nallur block · Cuddalore district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 606111 · village code 637282

Population 2011

1,916

Census of India

Population 2020

1,891

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

-1.3%

-25 people · -0.1% a year

Households

602

+10.3% vs 546 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

1,916

Male / female

935 / 981

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,049

Children aged 0–6

209

Literacy rate

52.1%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

531 / 87

Working population

1,168

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

93.8%

Households

546

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Piped tap water

100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank nearest 5 km away

Primary health centre nearest 5 km away

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Yes

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

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

Non-farm households

Net sown area

151 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

5 / 151 / 68

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Melur 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

₹17.06 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹5.49 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹9.80 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹12.75 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹6.88 lakh · received ₹2.20 lakh · spent ₹4.57 lakh · left ₹4.51 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹10.17 lakh · received ₹3.29 lakh · spent ₹5.22 lakh · left ₹8.25 lakh

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

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