Melapattamkarisalkulam
Rajapalaiyam block · Virudhunagar
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 626110
· village code 641172
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 2,667 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 9,458 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
2,667
Male / female
1,336 / 1,331
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
996
Children aged 0–6
288
Literacy rate
67.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,320 / 0
Working population
1,310
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
25.7%
Households
747
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
150
Teachers
20
Students per teacher
8
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
31
Non-farm households
2,350
Share of households farming, 2020
1%
Net sown area
501 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
501 / 0 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Melappattamkarisalkulam panchayat, Rajapalayam 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
₹85.90 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹25.13 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹83.06 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹27.97 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹38.24 lakh · received ₹10.05 lakh · spent ₹46.45 lakh · left ₹1.84 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹47.67 lakh · received ₹15.08 lakh · spent ₹36.62 lakh · left ₹26.13 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
9.4414, 77.5551 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Virudhunagar district ·
School
staffing across Virudhunagar ·
…and across Tamil Nadu