Melaiyur
Kuttalam block · Nagapattinam
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 609808
· village code 637511
Population 2011
2,281
Census of India
Population 2020
1,828
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-19.9%
-453 people · -2.4% a year
Households
635
+17.2% vs 542 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,281
Male / female
1,083 / 1,198
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,106
Children aged 0–6
237
Literacy rate
77.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
652 / 0
Working population
818
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
80.0%
Households
542
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
1-4 hrs
Bank
No
Primary health centre
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
0
Non-farm households
0
Net sown area
199 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
199 / 0 / 0
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Melaiyur panchayat, Kuthalam 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
₹25.27 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹6.82 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹25.36 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹6.73 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹10.56 lakh · received ₹2.73 lakh · spent ₹12.82 lakh · left ₹46,458
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹14.71 lakh · received ₹4.09 lakh · spent ₹12.53 lakh · left ₹6.27 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
11.0631, 79.5504 —
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