Merkupathi
Tiruppur block · Tiruppur
district, Tamil Nadu · PIN 638103
· village code 644767
Population 2011
2,977
Census of India
Population 2020
4,500
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+51.2%
1,523 people · 4.7% a year
Households
1,000
+12.4% vs 890 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,977
Male / female
1,497 / 1,480
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
989
Children aged 0–6
262
Literacy rate
55.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
632 / 0
Working population
1,757
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
55.6%
Households
890
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
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
110
Teachers
9
Students per teacher
12
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
80
Non-farm households
60
Share of households farming, 2020
57%
Net sown area
305 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
210 / 305 / 150
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Merkupathy panchayat, Tiruppur 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
₹22.27 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹8.41 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹24.36 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹6.32 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.78 lakh · received ₹3.37 lakh · spent ₹9.39 lakh · left ₹2.75 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹13.49 lakh · received ₹5.05 lakh · spent ₹14.97 lakh · left ₹3.57 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
11.2072, 77.3489 —
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