Melapandiyapuram
Ottapidaram block · Tuticorin
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 628301
· village code 642440
Population 2011
766
Census of India
Population 2020
1,911
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+149.5%
1,145 people · 10.7% a year
Households
600
+209.3% vs 194 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
766
Male / female
386 / 380
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
984
Children aged 0–6
44
Literacy rate
78.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
284 / 0
Working population
430
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
87.2%
Households
194
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 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
14
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
5
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
0
Non-farm households
0
Net sown area
398 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
398 / 398 / 0
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Mela Pandiyapuram 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
₹12.08 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹4.30 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹8.58 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹7.80 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹6.10 lakh · received ₹1.72 lakh · spent ₹4.87 lakh · left ₹2.94 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹5.99 lakh · received ₹2.58 lakh · spent ₹3.71 lakh · left ₹4.86 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
8.8829, 77.9621 —
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