Melamarathur
Tirutturaippundi block · Thiruvarur
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 614716
· village code 638370
Population 2011
1,538
Census of India
Population 2020
1,566
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+1.8%
28 people · 0.2% a year
Households
517
+17.8% vs 439 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,538
Male / female
756 / 782
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,034
Children aged 0–6
139
Literacy rate
74.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
934 / 0
Working population
760
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
87.8%
Households
439
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
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 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
55
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
14
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
247
Non-farm households
152
Share of households farming, 2020
62%
Net sown area
547 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
0 / 0 / 547
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Melamaruthur panchayat, Thiruthuraipoondi 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
₹31.14 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹6.14 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹1.65 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹35.63 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.85 lakh · received ₹2.46 lakh · spent ₹88,000 · left ₹13.42 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹19.29 lakh · received ₹3.69 lakh · spent ₹76,842 · left ₹22.21 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
10.6126, 79.5591 —
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