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Madurai District - Melur Block |
GENERAL INFORMATION
| 1 |
Name of the Block |
MELUR |
| 2 |
Name of the Taluk |
MELUR |
| 3 |
Name of the Division |
MADURAI |
| 4 |
Name of the District |
MADURAI |
| 5 |
Name of Revenue Firkas |
1.Melur. |
| 6 |
No. of Revenue Villages |
50 |
| 7 |
Number of Panchayats |
36 |
| 8 |
Number of Town Panchayats |
1 |
| 9 |
Number of Townships / Municipality |
1 |
Area and Population by Sex Rural / Urban
|
Year |
Area (Sq.km.) |
Total Revenue Villages |
Population |
Rural |
Urban |
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| Persons | Male | Female | Persons | Male | Female | Persons | Male | Female | |||
| 1981 | 398.18 | 49 | 90240 | 44514 | 45726 | 90240 | 44514 | 45726 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1991 | 398.18 | 49 | 115006 | 57665 | 57341 | 115006 | 57665 | 57341 | -- | -- | -- |
SOCIO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS
|
Sl. No. |
Item |
No. |
| 1 |
Density of Population per Sq.km. |
289 |
| 2 |
Percentage of Urban Population to total Population |
- |
| 3 |
Number of female per 1000 males |
994 |
| 4 |
Percentage of Schedules Castes to total Population |
19.07 |
| 5 |
Percentage of Schedules Tribes to total Population |
0.03 |
| 6 |
Average size of household |
4.29 |
| 7 |
Percentage of workers to total population |
52.12 |
| 8 |
Percentage of Female workers to total workers |
43.93 |
| 9 |
Percentage of Agricultural workers to total workers |
80.97 |
| 10 |
Percentage of Agricultural Labourers to total Agriculture workers |
55.88 |
| 11 |
Percentage of workers in Manufacturing Industry to total workers |
0.24 |
| 12 |
Percentage of area sown to total Geographical area sown |
32.74 |
| 13 |
Percentage of gross cropped area to net area sown |
101.62 |
| 14 |
Percentage of net area sown to gross cropped area |
98.40 |
| 15 |
Percentage of net area irrigate to gross cropped area |
87.53 |
| 16 |
Percentage of gross area irrigated to gross cropped |
89.12 |
| 17 |
Bovine population per sq. km. |
120 |
| 18 |
Number of draught animals per thousand hectares of net area sown |
349.91 |
| 19 |
Percentage of villages electrified |
100% |
| 20 |
Number of post office per lakh population |
25.21 |
| 21 |
Number of telegraph offices per lakh/of population |
- |
| 22 |
Number of T.V sets per / Lakh Population |
17 |
| 23 |
Percentage of Literacy |
49.31 |
| 24 |
Percentage of Literacy amongst Scheduled Castes |
NA |
| 25 |
Percentage of Literacy amongst Scheduled Tribes |
- |
| 26 |
Percentage of Villages covered by prot. water supply |
100% |
| 27 |
Number of households per 100 resld. occupied houses |
101 |
ESSENTIAL SERVICES
| Sl. No. | Items | Number |
| 1 |
No. of Nationalised Banks |
5 |
| 2 |
No. of Scheduled Banks |
- |
| 3 |
No. of Grama Banks |
- |
| 4 |
No. of Primary Agricultural Co-operative Banks |
18 |
| 5 |
No. of Land Mortgage Banks |
- |
| 6 |
No. of Police Stations |
1 |
| 7 |
No. of Police Outposts |
- |
| 8 |
No. of Railway Stations |
- |
| 9 |
No. of Village Chavadies |
26 |
| 10 |
No. of Noon Meal Centre |
111 |
| 11 |
No. of Child Welfare Centres |
152 |
| 12 |
Whether bus stand available at the Block HeadQuarters? |
Yes |
| 13 |
Whether bus facilities available at the Block Head Quarters? |
Yes |
| 14 |
No. of fire stations |
1 |
| 15 |
No. of Petrol bunk |
2 |
| 16 |
Village Internet connection |
26 |
Source: BDO, Panchayat Union Office,Melur .
Community Nutrition Instructors Office,Melur.
| Panchayat Villages | |||
| Number of Panchayat Villages | 36 | ||
| A. VALIYAPATTI | AAMUR | AATUKKULAM | AMBALAKARANPATTI |
| ARITTAPATTI | ARASAPPANPATTI | KALLAMPATTI | KIDARIPATTI |
| KEERANOOR | KIZHIUR | KIZHVALAVU | KONGAMPATTI |
| KOTTAKUDI | KOTTAMPATTY | KURICHIPATTI | MALAMPATTI |
| NARASINGAMPATTI | NAVINIPATTI | PANAGKADI | PATHINETTANGUDI |
| PULIPPATTI | PUNGCHUTHI | PUTHUCHUKKAMPATTI | SATHAMANGALAM |
| SARUGUVALIYADI | SEMMINIPATTI | SURAKKUNDU | T. VELLANAPATTI |
| THANIYAMANGALAM | THERKUTHERU | THIRUVADAVUR | URANGANPATTI |
| VANNAMPARAIPATTI | VELLALUR | VELLARIPATTI | VEPPADAPU |