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About Menamkulam Village

Menamkulam is one of the larger villages in Thiruvananthapuram tehsil, in the district of Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 17,608, made up of 8,371 males and 9,237 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,103 females per 1000 males. The village covers 805 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 695582, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Menamkulam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Menamkulam village
Description Value
State Kerala
District Thiruvananthapuram
Tehsil Thiruvananthapuram
Pincode 695582
Area (hectares) 805 hectares
Population 17,608
Male Population 8,371
Female Population 9,237
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,103
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Menamkulam compares

By the 2011 count Menamkulam is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 18,512 residents. Its 805 hectares work out to about 22 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1108.

Getting to Menamkulam

Menamkulam is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Menamkulam 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Menamkulam from other places

Menamkulam lies about 13 km from Thiruvananthapuram, and the nearest railway station is Kazhakuttam, about 1.7 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 Menamkulam
Nearest railway station Kazhakuttam 1.7 km
Nearest town Sreekaryam 6.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Thiruvananthapuram 13 km

Villages closest to Menamkulam

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

Common questions about Menamkulam

As per the Census of India 2011, Menamkulam village had a population of 17,608. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 18,512 residents.

Menamkulam village has 8,371 males and 9,237 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Menamkulam has about 1103 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1108.

The pincode recorded for Menamkulam is 695582. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Menamkulam covers 805 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 22 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Menamkulam falls under Thiruvananthapuram tehsil of Thiruvananthapuram district in Kerala.

The nearest railway station to Menamkulam is Kazhakuttam, about 1.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Menamkulam.

Menamkulam is about 13 km from Thiruvananthapuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Menamkulam is in Thiruvananthapuram tehsil of Thiruvananthapuram district. Kazhakuttam is about 1.7 km away. Sreekaryam is about 6.6 km away. Thiruvananthapuram is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kazhakkoottam (1.6 km), Pallippuram (3.2 km) and Kadinamkulam (4.4 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Menamkulam today is likely to be higher.

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