Melaiyur
Sembanar Koil block · Nagapattinam
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 609304
· village code 637558
Population 2011
2,061
Census of India
Population 2020
2,242
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+8.8%
181 people · 0.9% a year
Households
679
+22.8% vs 553 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,061
Male / female
993 / 1,068
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,076
Children aged 0–6
196
Literacy rate
75.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
747 / 0
Working population
1,056
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
79.0%
Households
553
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
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
38
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
10
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
482
Non-farm households
197
Share of households farming, 2020
71%
Net sown area
139 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
123 / 139 / 131
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Melaiyur panchayat, Sembanarkoil 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
₹16.78 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹6.48 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹14.76 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹8.51 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.91 lakh · received ₹2.59 lakh · spent ₹4.29 lakh · left ₹8.21 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹6.87 lakh · received ₹3.89 lakh · spent ₹10.46 lakh · left ₹29,782
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
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