Melakalpoondi
Mangalur block · Cuddalore
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 606303
· village code 637299
Population 2011
1,262
Census of India
Population 2020
1,441
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+14.2%
179 people · 1.5% a year
Households
327
+12.4% vs 291 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,262
Male / female
621 / 641
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,032
Children aged 0–6
132
Literacy rate
64.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
493 / 0
Working population
802
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
85.4%
Households
291
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 10 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
119
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
24
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Boys
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
196
Non-farm households
131
Share of households farming, 2020
60%
Net sown area
309 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
13 / 309 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Melakalpoondi 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
₹6.72 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹4.00 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹10.64 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹6,926
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹2.07 lakh · received ₹1.60 lakh · spent ₹3.65 lakh · left ₹2,057
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹4.65 lakh · received ₹2.40 lakh · spent ₹6.99 lakh · left ₹4,869
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
11.4595, 79.3843 —
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