Melendal
Tiruchuli block · Virudhunagar
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 626607
· village code 641536
Population 2011
662
Census of India
Population 2020
955
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+44.3%
293 people · 4.2% a year
Households
211
+18.5% vs 178 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
662
Male / female
329 / 333
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,012
Children aged 0–6
71
Literacy rate
66.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
653 / 0
Working population
375
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
84.0%
Households
178
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 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
34
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
17
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
0
Non-farm households
211
Net sown area
83 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
0 / 83 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Vidathakulam panchayat, Tiruchuli 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
₹32.19 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹7.45 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹20.35 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹19.29 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹3.82 lakh · received ₹2.98 lakh · spent ₹4.75 lakh · left ₹2.05 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹28.37 lakh · received ₹4.47 lakh · spent ₹15.59 lakh · left ₹17.25 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
9.5135, 78.1925 —
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