Meladhanur
Mangalur block · Cuddalore
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 606108
· village code 637291
Population 2011
1,015
Census of India
Population 2020
1,113
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+9.7%
98 people · 1.0% a year
Households
410
+54.7% vs 265 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,015
Male / female
518 / 497
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
959
Children aged 0–6
102
Literacy rate
56.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
404 / 0
Working population
552
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
92.2%
Households
265
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 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
180
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
45
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
150
Non-farm households
210
Share of households farming, 2020
42%
Net sown area
29 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
1 / 0 / 29
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Melathanur panchayat, Mangalur 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
₹8.42 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹3.02 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹8.14 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹3.30 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹3.43 lakh · received ₹1.21 lakh · spent ₹4.32 lakh · left ₹31,674
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹4.99 lakh · received ₹1.81 lakh · spent ₹3.82 lakh · left ₹2.98 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
11.5115, 79.0086 —
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