Meelathur
Thiruvarankulam block · Pudukkottai
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 622301
· village code 639583
Population 2011
1,995
Census of India
Population 2020
3,450
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+72.9%
1,455 people · 6.3% a year
Households
750
+56.3% vs 480 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,995
Male / female
987 / 1,008
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,021
Children aged 0–6
247
Literacy rate
65.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
217 / 0
Working population
954
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
71.0%
Households
480
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
No
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
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
153
Teachers
14
Students per teacher
11
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
310
Non-farm households
270
Share of households farming, 2020
53%
Net sown area
300 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
79 / 70 / 300
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Melathur panchayat, Thiruvarankulam 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
₹21.88 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹7.56 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹22.00 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹7.44 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹6.22 lakh · received ₹3.02 lakh · spent ₹7.15 lakh · left ₹2.09 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹15.66 lakh · received ₹4.53 lakh · spent ₹14.85 lakh · left ₹5.35 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
10.3208, 79.0378 —
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