Meerankulam - II
Alwarthirunagari block · Tuticorin
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 658613
· village code 642595
Population 2011
2,558
Census of India
Population 2020
4,433
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+73.3%
1,875 people · 6.3% a year
Households
1,536
+142.3% vs 634 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,558
Male / female
1,260 / 1,298
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,030
Children aged 0–6
292
Literacy rate
73.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
58 / 0
Working population
1,262
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
50.5%
Households
634
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 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
22
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
11
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
92
Non-farm households
0
Share of households farming, 2020
100%
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Meerankulam panchayat, Alwarthirunagari 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
₹25.75 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹8.07 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹12.06 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹21.76 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹7.85 lakh · received ₹3.23 lakh · spent ₹6.19 lakh · left ₹4.89 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹17.89 lakh · received ₹4.84 lakh · spent ₹5.87 lakh · left ₹16.87 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
8.5225, 77.8689 —
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