Mecheri, Tamilnadu
Mecheri is a town in Salem district of Tamilnadu and serves as Nagar Panchayat. It is also a Block and Panchayat Samiti of Salem district.
As on November 2024, the current population of Mecheri is 27.5 thousands out of which 14.5 thousands are males and rest 13 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this town is 903 females per 1000 males. There are around 2.7 thousands teenagers in Mecheri. It has literacy rate of 65% which means around 17.9 thousands persons can read and write. Total 1.3 thousands people belonging to scheduled caste and 48 scheduled tribe people live in the town. There are around 6.8 thousands households in Mecheri, which means every family has 4 members on average. The town has working population of 11.8 thousands.
These 1 villages comes under Mecheri Nagar Panchayat.
Schools
Mecheri has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.
- Gghss Mecheri
- Sri Raam Vidyalaya Matric Hr. Secondary School, Pottaneri
- Gbhss, Mecheri
- Ghss Vellar
- Sri Sarashwathi Vidyalaya Matric School
Mecheri Panchayat Samiti
K.Dhanalakshmi is the President (Block Pramukh) of Panchayat Samiti Mecheri, who can be contacted at email address bdomecheri@gmail.com and mobile number 85261xxx14. The Block landline number is 04298-27**33. The Block Development Officer (BDO) is R.Revathi, who can be reached at email address mecheriunionoffice@gmail.com and mobile number 74026xxx70. The Block address is Mecheri Union Office, Mecheri, Salem, Pincode - 636453. You can reach there by taking a bus till Mecheri bus stop which is less than a km away. The Block has both internet facility and Wi-Fi facility.It also has a CSC center. Mecheri Panchayat Samiti consists of total 17 Gram Panchayat.