Melathuraiyur
Ilayankudi block · Sivaganga
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 630709
· village code 640430
Population 2011
1,757
Census of India
Population 2020
3,580
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+103.8%
1,823 people · 8.2% a year
Households
988
+122.5% vs 444 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,757
Male / female
884 / 873
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
988
Children aged 0–6
177
Literacy rate
63.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
634 / 0
Working population
891
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
73.8%
Households
444
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Karaikulam panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
154
Teachers
14
Students per teacher
11
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
900
Non-farm households
88
Share of households farming, 2020
91%
Net sown area
199 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
193 / 199 / 174
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Karaikulam panchayat, Ilayangudi 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
₹41.54 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹9.46 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹15.30 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹35.70 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.74 lakh · received ₹3.78 lakh · spent ₹4.69 lakh · left ₹8.83 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹31.81 lakh · received ₹5.67 lakh · spent ₹10.61 lakh · left ₹26.87 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
9.6937, 78.6363 —
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