Melathanian

Ponnamaravati block · Pudukkottai district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 622002 · village code 639533

Population 2011

2,454

Census of India

Population 2020

2,566

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+4.6%

112 people · 0.5% a year

Households

590

-1.2% vs 597 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

2,454

Male / female

1,170 / 1,284

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,097

Children aged 0–6

333

Literacy rate

74.7%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

354 / 0

Working population

731

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

53.2%

Households

597

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school nearest 2 km away

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre

PHC

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Yes

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

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

575

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

100%

Net sown area

121 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

121 / 0 / 0

Main irrigation source

Other

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Melathaniyam panchayat, Ponnamaravathi 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

₹38.79 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹7.09 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹35.42 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹10.46 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹17.17 lakh · received ₹2.83 lakh · spent ₹16.74 lakh · left ₹3.26 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹21.62 lakh · received ₹4.25 lakh · spent ₹18.68 lakh · left ₹7.19 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

10.4144, 78.5920 — view on OpenStreetMap

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