Melakallankulam
Kariapatti block · Virudhunagar
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 626106
· village code 641378
Population 2011
2,168
Census of India
Population 2020
1,765
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-18.6%
-403 people · -2.3% a year
Households
490
-11.7% vs 555 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,168
Male / female
1,089 / 1,079
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
991
Children aged 0–6
287
Literacy rate
60.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
188 / 0
Working population
1,274
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
64.7%
Households
555
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
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
30
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
15
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
200
Non-farm households
290
Share of households farming, 2020
41%
Net sown area
999 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
405 / 202 / 999
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Melakkallangulam panchayat, Kariapatti 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
₹14.95 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹4.18 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹15.37 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹3.75 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹3.70 lakh · received ₹1.67 lakh · spent ₹4.20 lakh · left ₹1.17 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹11.24 lakh · received ₹2.51 lakh · spent ₹11.17 lakh · left ₹2.58 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
9.6738, 78.1036 —
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