Megamalai
Kadamalaikundru Myladumparai block · Theni
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 625579
· village code 641167
Population 2011
8,348
Census of India
Population 2020
7,634
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-8.6%
-714 people · -1.0% a year
Households
1,753
-32.2% vs 2,585 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
8,348
Male / female
4,303 / 4,045
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
940
Children aged 0–6
852
Literacy rate
54.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
2,210 / 79
Working population
5,353
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
91.2%
Households
2,585
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Thummakundu panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
196
Teachers
12
Students per teacher
16
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,703
Non-farm households
49
Share of households farming, 2020
97%
Net sown area
315 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
0 / 0 / 315
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Thummakundu panchayat, K Myladumparai 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
₹1.06 crore
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹15.94 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹80.43 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹41.44 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹31.15 lakh · received ₹6.37 lakh · spent ₹36.64 lakh · left ₹89,267
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹74.78 lakh · received ₹9.56 lakh · spent ₹43.80 lakh · left ₹40.55 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
9.8134, 77.5035 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Theni district ·
School
staffing across Theni ·
…and across Tamil Nadu