Melappanaiyur
Tirumayam block · Pudukkottai
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 622402
· village code 639457
Population 2011
4,885
Census of India
Population 2020
3,960
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-18.9%
-925 people · -2.3% a year
Households
3,960
+225.7% vs 1,216 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,885
Male / female
2,466 / 2,419
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
981
Children aged 0–6
505
Literacy rate
67.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,284 / 3
Working population
2,547
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
72.2%
Households
1,216
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Melapanaiyur panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
CHC
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
150
Teachers
20
Students per teacher
8
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
200
Non-farm households
250
Share of households farming, 2020
44%
Net sown area
446 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
274 / 446 / 100
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Melapanaiyur panchayat, Thirumayam 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
₹27.74 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹7.62 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹27.61 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹7.75 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.40 lakh · received ₹3.05 lakh · spent ₹12.73 lakh · left ₹2.72 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹15.35 lakh · received ₹4.57 lakh · spent ₹14.88 lakh · left ₹5.04 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
10.2342, 78.7484 —
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