Melur
Tirumayam block · Pudukkottai
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 622507
· village code 639480
Population 2011
2,992
Census of India
Population 2020
3,916
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+30.9%
924 people · 3.0% a year
Households
1,151
+53.3% vs 751 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,992
Male / female
1,466 / 1,526
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,041
Children aged 0–6
301
Literacy rate
67.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,387 / 8
Working population
1,322
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
72.6%
Households
751
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
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
121
Teachers
9
Students per teacher
13
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
2
Non-farm households
0
Share of households farming, 2020
100%
Net sown area
76 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
33 / 76 / 0
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Melur 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
₹39.01 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹11.88 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹37.97 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹12.93 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹15.56 lakh · received ₹4.75 lakh · spent ₹12.03 lakh · left ₹8.28 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹23.45 lakh · received ₹7.13 lakh · spent ₹25.94 lakh · left ₹4.64 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
10.5225, 78.5461 —
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