About Melukavu Village

Melukavu is one of the larger villages in Meenachil tehsil, in the district of Kottayam, Kerala. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 9,385, made up of 4,623 males and 4,762 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,030 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2833 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 686652, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melukavu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melukavu village
Description	Value
State	Kerala
District	Kottayam
Tehsil	Meenachil
Pincode	686652
Area (hectares)	2833 hectares
Population	9,385
Male Population	4,623
Female Population	4,762
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,030
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Melukavu compares

By the 2011 count Melukavu is the 20th largest of the 25 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 13,984 residents. Its 2833 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Melukavu

Melukavu is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Melukavu as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Melukavu from other places

Melukavu lies about 34 km from Kottayam, and the nearest railway station is Ettumanoor, about 27 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 Melukavu
Nearest town	Erāttupetta	11 km
Nearest railway station	Ettumanoor	27 km
Tehsil headquarters	Meenachil	34 km
District headquarters	Kottayam	34 km

Villages closest to Melukavu

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Meenachil 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 Melukavu

As per the Census of India 2011, Melukavu village had a population of 9,385. That makes it the 20th largest of the 25 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 13,984 residents.

Melukavu village has 4,623 males and 4,762 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melukavu has about 1030 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Melukavu is 686652. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melukavu covers 2833 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Melukavu falls under Meenachil tehsil of Kottayam district in Kerala.

The nearest railway station to Melukavu is Ettumanoor, about 27 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Melukavu.

Melukavu is about 34 km from Kottayam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melukavu is in Meenachil tehsil of Kottayam district. Erāttupetta is about 11 km away. Ettumanoor is about 27 km away. Meenachil is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.