Melamattur
Sivakasi block · Virudhunagar
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 626005
· village code 641333
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 3,124 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 523 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
3,124
Male / female
1,576 / 1,548
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
982
Children aged 0–6
324
Literacy rate
60.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
284 / 0
Working population
1,771
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
26.6%
Households
853
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 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
35
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
18
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
12
Non-farm households
0
Share of households farming, 2020
100%
Net sown area
142 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
44 / 142 / 0
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Melamathur panchayat, Sivakasi 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
₹21.13 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹8.22 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹20.22 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹9.14 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.40 lakh · received ₹3.29 lakh · spent ₹11.43 lakh · left ₹26,312
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹12.73 lakh · received ₹4.93 lakh · spent ₹8.79 lakh · left ₹8.87 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
9.5676, 77.7481 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Virudhunagar district ·
School
staffing across Virudhunagar ·
…and across Tamil Nadu