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Melanur

Harur block · Dharmapuri district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 636903 · village code 643351

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 217 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 3,000 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population
217
Male / female
112 / 105
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
938
Children aged 0–6
25
Literacy rate
55.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
119 / 0
Working population
124
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
92.7%
Households
58

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan

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
2
Students per teacher
40
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
None
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes

Farming

Farm households
302
Non-farm households
62
Share of households farming, 2020
83%
Net sown area
2 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2 / 1 / 1
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Mobiripatti panchayat, Harur 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
₹1.35 crore
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹25.53 lakh
Received directly
Spent
₹93.99 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹66.94 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹40.00 lakh · received ₹10.21 lakh · spent ₹35.61 lakh · left ₹14.60 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹95.40 lakh · received ₹15.32 lakh · spent ₹58.38 lakh · left ₹52.34 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

12.0541, 78.4689 — view on OpenStreetMap

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