Melumalai

Shoolagiri block · Krishnagiri district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 635115 · village code 643844

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 1,153 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 7,280 — 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

1,153

Male / female

581 / 572

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

985

Children aged 0–6

160

Literacy rate

55.7%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

621 / 1

Working population

577

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

46.8%

Households

275

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

50 to 100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

8-12 Hrs

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre

Sub Centre

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

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

365

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

1,070

Non-farm households

452

Share of households farming, 2020

70%

Net sown area

1,690 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

1,330 / 600 / 1,690

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Melumalai panchayat, Shoolagiri 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

₹1.28 crore

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹29.36 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹87.86 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹69.94 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹34.70 lakh · received ₹11.74 lakh · spent ₹27.17 lakh · left ₹19.28 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹93.74 lakh · received ₹17.62 lakh · spent ₹60.69 lakh · left ₹50.66 lakh

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

Location

12.6126, 78.0824 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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