Mela Maruthur
Ottapidaram block · Tuticorin
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 628002
· village code 642420
Population 2011
1,005
Census of India
Population 2020
1,523
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+51.5%
518 people · 4.7% a year
Households
398
+53.1% vs 260 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,005
Male / female
505 / 500
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
990
Children aged 0–6
110
Literacy rate
67.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
477 / 0
Working population
589
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
73.3%
Households
260
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 10 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 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
65
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
16
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
0
Non-farm households
0
Net sown area
729 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
0 / 482 / 729
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Mela Arasadi panchayat, Ottapidaram 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
₹98.71 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹13.08 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹19.06 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹92.73 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹40.58 lakh · received ₹5.23 lakh · spent ₹0 · left ₹45.81 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹58.13 lakh · received ₹7.85 lakh · spent ₹19.06 lakh · left ₹46.92 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
8.8649, 78.1224 —
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