About Melachur Village

Melachur is a mid sized village in Srikalahasti tehsil, in the district of Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 842, made up of 434 males and 408 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 940 females per 1000 males. The village covers 3315 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 517620, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melachur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melachur village
Description	Value
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Chittoor
Tehsil	Srikalahasti
Pincode	517620
Area (hectares)	3315 hectares
Population	842
Male Population	434
Female Population	408
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	940
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Melachur compares

By the 2011 count Melachur is the 29th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 944 residents. Its 3315 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 995.

Getting to Melachur

Melachur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Melachur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Melachur from other places

Melachur lies about 83 km from Chittoor, and the nearest railway station is Balapalle, about 11 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Melachur
Nearest railway station	Balapalle	11 km
Nearest town	Venkatagiri	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Srikalahasti	24 km
District headquarters	Chittoor	83 km

Villages closest to Melachur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Srikalahasti tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Melachur

As per the Census of India 2011, Melachur village had a population of 842. That makes it the 29th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 944 residents.

Melachur village has 434 males and 408 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melachur has about 940 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 995.

The pincode recorded for Melachur is 517620. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melachur covers 3315 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Melachur falls under Srikalahasti tehsil of Chittoor district in Andhra Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Melachur is Balapalle, about 11 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Melachur.

Melachur is about 83 km from Chittoor in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melachur is in Srikalahasti tehsil of Chittoor district. Balapalle is about 11 km away. Venkatagiri is about 15 km away. Srikalahasti is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.