Mela Thattaparai
Thoothukkudi block · Tuticorin
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 628304
· village code 642451
Population 2011
2,154
Census of India
Population 2020
2,266
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+5.2%
112 people · 0.6% a year
Households
730
+18.3% vs 617 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,154
Male / female
1,066 / 1,088
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,021
Children aged 0–6
263
Literacy rate
74.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
493 / 0
Working population
1,068
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
21.6%
Households
617
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
80
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
20
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
320
Non-farm households
205
Share of households farming, 2020
61%
Net sown area
304 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
12 / 304 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Melathattaparai panchayat, Thoothukudi 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
₹29.14 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹7.83 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹14.45 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹22.53 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹13.71 lakh · received ₹3.13 lakh · spent ₹10.21 lakh · left ₹6.63 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹15.44 lakh · received ₹4.70 lakh · spent ₹4.24 lakh · left ₹15.90 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
8.8288, 78.0236 —
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