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About Melakasakudy Village

Melakasakudy is a large village in Thirunallar Taluk tehsil, in the district of Karaikal, Puducherry. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,140, made up of 1,053 males and 1,087 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,032 females per 1000 males. The village covers 509.67 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 609603, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melakasakudy Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melakasakudy village
Description Value
State Puducherry
District Karaikal
Tehsil Thirunallar Taluk
Pincode 609603
Area (hectares) 509.67 hectares
Population 2,140
Male Population 1,053
Female Population 1,087
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,032
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Melakasakudy compares

By the 2011 count Melakasakudy is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,501 residents. Its 509.67 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1036.

Getting to Melakasakudy

Melakasakudy is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Melakasakudy 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. The nearest villages by name are Ambagarathur, Keezhavoor, Kurumbagaram and Nallazhundur. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Melakasakudy

As per the Census of India 2011, Melakasakudy village had a population of 2,140. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,501 residents.

Melakasakudy village has 1,053 males and 1,087 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melakasakudy has about 1032 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Melakasakudy is 609603. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melakasakudy covers 509.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Melakasakudy falls under Thirunallar Taluk tehsil of Karaikal district in Puducherry.

The census record for Melakasakudy notes the nearest railway station 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 Melakasakudy.

Melakasakudy is in Thirunallar Taluk tehsil of Karaikal district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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