Melakuppam, Arcot

Melakuppam is a village and Gram Panchayat of the Wallajah Taluk in Ranipet district of Tamilnadu, which falls under Arcot block. It belongs to Arakkonam parliament constituency and Ranipet assembly constituency. Block Development Officer is the President of Melakuppam Gram Panchayat, who can be contacted at email address velarct.tnbdo@nic.in and mobile number 74026xxx23. The Secretary is G.Kirubagaran, who can be reached at email address gkirubagaranvenugopal@gmail.com and mobile number 90475xxx22. The Panchayat address is Panchyat Office, Melakuppam, Walajah Taluk, Pincode - 632517. You can reach there by taking a bus till Panchayat Office Bus Stop which is less than a km away. The Panchayat has homestay option.

As on May 2024, the current population of Melakuppam is 3.3 thousands out of which 1.6 thousands are males and rest 1.6 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this village is 995 females per 1000 males. There are around 334 teenagers in Melakuppam. It has literacy rate of 76% which means around 2.5 thousands persons can read and write. Total 370 people belonging to scheduled caste and 2 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 780 households in Melakuppam, which means every family has 4 members on average. The village has working population of 1.3 thousands. The pincode of Melakuppam is 632517 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Ratnagiri Kilminnal Sub Post office
• Arapakkam Branch Post office
• Kilminnal Branch Post office
• Nandiyalam Branch Post office
• Puttuthakku Branch Post office

Schools

Melakuppam has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.

• Government High School, Melakuppam
• Punchayat Union Primary School, Melakuppam
• Swamy Vivekananda Nursery & Primary School
• Panchayat Union Primary School, T.C.Kuppam
• Panchayat Union Primary School, Sanarpendai

Hospitals

Melakuppam has many good hospitals for treatment and follwing are popular among people.

• Mangkuppam Sub-Center
• Kilminnal Sub-Center
• Veppur Sub-Center
• Melakuppam Sub-Center

Banks

Melakuppam has many good banks for financial services and follwing are popular among people.

• Canara Bank Ratnagiri (Tamil Nadu)
• Indian Bank Poottuthakku
• Karur Vysya Bank Pootuthakku

Panchayat Members

President

Baskaran is the President of Melakuppam Gram Panchayat, whose mobile no. is 74026xxx23 and email is velarct.tnbdo@nic.in.

Ward Member

Melakuppam Gram Panchayat has total 9 elected Ward Member.

1. Lakshmi Narayanan - Mobile: 80989xxx93 - Email: rptarct.tnbdo@gmail.com
2. Sumithra - Mobile: 89405xxx13 - Email: rptarct.tnbdo@gmail.com
3. Renu - Mobile: 90474xxx22 - Email: rptarct.tnbdo@gmail.com
4. Sivakami - Mobile: 81100xxx99 - Email: rptarct.tnbdo@gmail.com
5. Kalaiarasi - Mobile: 8072385xxx - Email: rptarct.tnbdo@gmail.com
6. Saravanan - Mobile: 98435xxx44 - Email: rptarct.tnbdo@gmail.com
7. Mohana - Mobile: 95853xxx32 - Email: rptarct.tnbdo@gmail.com
8. Shanmugam - Mobile: 94442xxx95 - Email: rptarct.tnbdo@gmail.com
9. Pushpa - Mobile: 95853xxx05 - Email: rptarct.tnbdo@gmail.com

Covered villages

Melakuppam Gram Panchayat manages total 2 villages.

• Melakuppam
• Thimmanacherikuppam