Melakidaram
Kadaladi block · Ramanathapuram
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 623528
· village code 642062
Population 2011
3,340
Census of India
Population 2020
2,964
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-11.3%
-376 people · -1.3% a year
Households
770
-5.6% vs 816 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,340
Male / female
1,655 / 1,685
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,018
Children aged 0–6
352
Literacy rate
67.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
373 / 0
Working population
1,700
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
57.8%
Households
816
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
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
135
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
19
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
300
Non-farm households
200
Share of households farming, 2020
60%
Net sown area
500 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
0 / 98 / 500
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Melakidaram A/C panchayat, Kadaladi 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
₹41.80 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹9.30 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹45.69 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹5.42 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹23.99 lakh · received ₹3.72 lakh · spent ₹27.68 lakh · left ₹3,452
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹17.81 lakh · received ₹5.58 lakh · spent ₹18.01 lakh · left ₹5.38 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
9.2252, 78.4927 —
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