Melakaangal
Alangulam block · Tenkasi
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 627860
· village code 642729
Population 2011
2,991
Census of India
Population 2020
3,050
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+2.0%
59 people · 0.2% a year
Households
1,080
+33.5% vs 809 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,991
Male / female
1,444 / 1,547
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,071
Children aged 0–6
265
Literacy rate
58.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
311 / 0
Working population
1,700
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
57.2%
Households
809
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 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
412
Teachers
9
Students per teacher
46
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
213
Non-farm households
867
Share of households farming, 2020
20%
Net sown area
285 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
285 / 175 / 228
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Melakalangal panchayat, Alankulam 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
₹23.04 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹7.33 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹22.52 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹7.85 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹13.00 lakh · received ₹2.93 lakh · spent ₹10.79 lakh · left ₹5.14 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹10.05 lakh · received ₹4.40 lakh · spent ₹11.73 lakh · left ₹2.71 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
8.9910, 77.4562 —
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