Melarajakularaman (Part)
Rajapalaiyam block · Virudhunagar
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 626102
· village code 641181
Population 2011
16,652
Census of India
Population 2020
12,978
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-22.1%
-3,674 people · -2.7% a year
Households
7,052
+34.6% vs 5,238 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
16,652
Male / female
8,394 / 8,258
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
984
Children aged 0–6
1,617
Literacy rate
72.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
2,978 / 96
Working population
8,945
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
17.8%
Households
5,238
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Melarajakularaman panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
CHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
372
Teachers
15
Students per teacher
25
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
150
Non-farm households
150
Share of households farming, 2020
50%
Net sown area
303 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
303 / 299 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Melarajakularaman 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
₹83.21 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹33.09 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹60.00 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹56.30 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹64.72 lakh · received ₹13.24 lakh · spent ₹28.58 lakh · left ₹49.37 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹18.49 lakh · received ₹19.85 lakh · spent ₹31.42 lakh · left ₹6.93 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
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population changes in Virudhunagar district ·
School
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