Melavasal
Mannargudi block · Thiruvarur
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 614014
· village code 638220
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 1,993 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 5,300 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
1,993
Male / female
929 / 1,064
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,145
Children aged 0–6
156
Literacy rate
80.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
278 / 0
Working population
1,063
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
41.5%
Households
544
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
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
PHC
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
67
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
13
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
500
Non-farm households
50
Share of households farming, 2020
91%
Net sown area
102 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
102 / 99 / 7
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Melvasal panchayat, Mannargudi 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
₹32.08 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹7.05 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹19.62 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹19.51 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.92 lakh · received ₹2.82 lakh · spent ₹5.42 lakh · left ₹6.32 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹23.15 lakh · received ₹4.23 lakh · spent ₹14.20 lakh · left ₹13.18 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
10.6632, 79.4451 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Thiruvarur district ·
School
staffing across Thiruvarur ·
…and across Tamil Nadu