Melamadai
Sattur block · Virudhunagar
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 626203
· village code 641719
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 5,619 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 2,889 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
5,619
Male / female
2,811 / 2,808
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
999
Children aged 0–6
627
Literacy rate
66.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,482 / 0
Working population
2,860
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
60.2%
Households
1,652
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 3 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Nathathupatti panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 2 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
300
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
60
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
200
Non-farm households
200
Share of households farming, 2020
50%
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Nathathupatti panchayat, Sattur 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
₹6.49 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹5.93 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹6.69 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹5.73 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹85,948 · received ₹2.37 lakh · spent ₹0 · left ₹3.23 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹5.64 lakh · received ₹3.56 lakh · spent ₹6.69 lakh · left ₹2.50 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Virudhunagar district ·
School
staffing across Virudhunagar ·
…and across Tamil Nadu