Melapachchakudi
Viralimalai block · Pudukkottai
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 621316
· village code 639214
Population 2011
2,270
Census of India
Population 2020
2,177
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-4.1%
-93 people · -0.5% a year
Households
690
+24.8% vs 553 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,270
Male / female
1,080 / 1,190
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,102
Children aged 0–6
290
Literacy rate
64.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
98 / 0
Working population
1,004
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
35.3%
Households
553
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
73
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
24
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
None
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
11
Non-farm households
21
Share of households farming, 2020
34%
Net sown area
27 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
11 / 1 / 27
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Melapatchaikudi panchayat, Viralimalai 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
₹20.07 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹7.88 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹18.71 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹9.24 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹2.88 lakh · received ₹3.15 lakh · spent ₹4.81 lakh · left ₹1.22 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹17.19 lakh · received ₹4.73 lakh · spent ₹13.90 lakh · left ₹8.02 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
10.6486, 78.5968 —
view on OpenStreetMap
Nearby villages
Meenaveli
compare · Mekkinipatti
compare · Melamelanilai
compare · Melanilaivayal
compare · Melapattu
compare · Melapattu Rasingamangalam
compare · Melappanaiyur
compare · Melappuduvayal
compare
How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Pudukkottai district ·
School
staffing across Pudukkottai ·
…and across Tamil Nadu