Keelaiyur
Melur block · Madurai
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 625106
· village code 640522
Population 2011
5,712
Census of India
Population 2020
7,350
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+28.7%
1,638 people · 2.8% a year
Households
2,332
+58.3% vs 1,473 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
5,712
Male / female
2,921 / 2,791
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
955
Children aged 0–6
691
Literacy rate
72.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,518 / 0
Working population
2,933
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
72.9%
Households
1,473
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
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 1 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
150
Teachers
13
Students per teacher
12
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Girls
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
12
Non-farm households
25
Share of households farming, 2020
32%
Net sown area
52 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
22 / 16 / 52
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Keelayur panchayat, Melur 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
₹38.93 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹16.11 lakh
Received directly
₹5.00 lakh
Spent
₹38.60 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹21.44 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.47 lakh · received ₹6.44 lakh · spent ₹17.00 lakh · left ₹5.92 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹27.46 lakh · received ₹9.66 lakh · spent ₹21.60 lakh · left ₹15.52 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
10.0000, 78.3617 —
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