Melapattam
Palayankottal block · Tirunelveli
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 627351
· village code 642891
Population 2011
2,054
Census of India
Population 2020
2,985
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+45.3%
931 people · 4.2% a year
Households
657
+20.1% vs 547 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,054
Male / female
1,043 / 1,011
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
969
Children aged 0–6
221
Literacy rate
73.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,012 / 0
Working population
697
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
15.1%
Households
547
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
1-4 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
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
21
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
11
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
0
Non-farm households
0
Net sown area
8 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
7 / 0 / 8
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Melapattam panchayat, Palayamkottai 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
₹17.25 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹7.23 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹16.09 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹8.39 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹6.83 lakh · received ₹2.89 lakh · spent ₹7.38 lakh · left ₹2.34 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹10.42 lakh · received ₹4.34 lakh · spent ₹8.71 lakh · left ₹6.05 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
8.7568, 77.7896 —
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