Mettilpatti
Pudur block · Tuticorin
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 628905
· village code 642300
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 2,696 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 1,530 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
2,696
Male / female
1,364 / 1,332
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
977
Children aged 0–6
178
Literacy rate
74.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
223 / 0
Working population
1,688
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
77.3%
Households
768
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Mettilpatti panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
112
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
16
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
258
Non-farm households
105
Share of households farming, 2020
71%
Net sown area
834 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
0 / 834 / 0
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Mettilpatti panchayat, Pudur 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
₹20.63 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹6.93 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹17.44 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹10.13 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.27 lakh · received ₹2.77 lakh · spent ₹8.83 lakh · left ₹3.22 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹11.36 lakh · received ₹4.16 lakh · spent ₹8.61 lakh · left ₹6.91 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
9.3074, 78.1344 —
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