Melakulam
Mudukulathur block · Ramanathapuram
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 623601
· village code 641965
Population 2011
1,778
Census of India
Population 2020
1,146
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-35.5%
-632 people · -4.8% a year
Households
428
-3.6% vs 444 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,778
Male / female
860 / 918
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,067
Children aged 0–6
194
Literacy rate
61.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
322 / 0
Working population
987
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
84.9%
Households
444
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Vilakkanenthal panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
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
51
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
13
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
400
Non-farm households
28
Share of households farming, 2020
93%
Net sown area
419 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
0 / 173 / 419
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Vilakkanenthal panchayat, Mudukulathur 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
₹5.81 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹3.00 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹5.28 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹3.53 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹4.01 lakh · received ₹1.20 lakh · spent ₹2.17 lakh · left ₹3.04 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹1.79 lakh · received ₹1.80 lakh · spent ₹3.11 lakh · left ₹48,899
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
9.3572, 78.5178 —
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