Melanatham
Kottur block · Thiruvarur
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 614015
· village code 638291
Population 2011
1,765
Census of India
Population 2020
2,358
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+33.6%
593 people · 3.3% a year
Households
675
+43.3% vs 471 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,765
Male / female
810 / 955
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,179
Children aged 0–6
156
Literacy rate
75.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
213 / 0
Working population
688
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
72.8%
Households
471
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
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
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
58
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
12
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
525
Non-farm households
150
Share of households farming, 2020
78%
Net sown area
75 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
48 / 60 / 75
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Melanatham panchayat, Kottur 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
₹25.44 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹4.12 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹8.17 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹21.38 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.34 lakh · received ₹1.65 lakh · spent ₹4.14 lakh · left ₹6.85 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹16.10 lakh · received ₹2.47 lakh · spent ₹4.03 lakh · left ₹14.54 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
10.4865, 79.4715 —
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