Melaiyur
Tiruvidaimarudur block · Thanjavur
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 612201
· village code 638468
Population 2011
2,828
Census of India
Population 2020
5,178
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+83.1%
2,350 people · 7.0% a year
Households
825
+11.6% vs 739 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,828
Male / female
1,422 / 1,406
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
989
Children aged 0–6
279
Literacy rate
74.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
498 / 0
Working population
1,110
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
66.6%
Households
739
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
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 1 km away
No
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
46
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
23
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
420
Non-farm households
380
Share of households farming, 2020
53%
Net sown area
156 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
48 / 156 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Melaiyur panchayat, Thiruvidaimarudur 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
₹39.74 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹7.55 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹17.38 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹29.91 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.41 lakh · received ₹3.02 lakh · spent ₹1.49 lakh · left ₹13.94 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹27.33 lakh · received ₹4.53 lakh · spent ₹15.89 lakh · left ₹15.97 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
10.9730, 79.4893 —
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