Chettikulam
Melaneelithanallur block · Tenkasi
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 627754
· village code 642696
Population 2011
402
Census of India
Population 2020
372
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-7.5%
-30 people · -0.9% a year
Households
196
+96.0% vs 100 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
402
Male / female
205 / 197
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
961
Children aged 0–6
39
Literacy rate
66.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
98 / 0
Working population
245
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
96.7%
Households
100
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
No
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
No
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Usilankulam panchayat, Melaneelithanallur 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
₹11.64 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹2.66 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹5.99 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹8.31 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹2.95 lakh · received ₹1.07 lakh · spent ₹1.75 lakh · left ₹2.26 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹8.69 lakh · received ₹1.60 lakh · spent ₹4.24 lakh · left ₹6.05 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
9.1401, 77.6180 —
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