About Melur Village

Melur is a large village in Udayarpalayam tehsil, in the district of Ariyalur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,247, made up of 1,146 males and 1,101 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 961 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1023.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 621803, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Ariyalur
Tehsil	Udayarpalayam
Pincode	621803
Area (hectares)	1023.29 hectares
Population	2,247
Male Population	1,146
Female Population	1,101
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	961
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Melur compares

By the 2011 count Melur is the 58th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,569 residents. Its 1023.29 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1008.

Getting to Melur

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

Melur lies about 21 km from Ariyalur, and the nearest railway station is Sendurai, about 16 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 Melur
Tehsil headquarters	Udayarpalayam	5.0 km
Nearest town	Jayamkondacholapuram	13 km
Nearest railway station	Sendurai	16 km
District headquarters	Ariyalur	21 km

Villages closest to Melur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melur village had a population of 2,247. That makes it the 58th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,569 residents.

Melur village has 1,146 males and 1,101 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melur has about 961 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1008.

The pincode recorded for Melur is 621803. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melur covers 1023.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Melur falls under Udayarpalayam tehsil of Ariyalur district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Melur is Sendurai, about 16 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 Melur.

Melur is about 21 km from Ariyalur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melur is in Udayarpalayam tehsil of Ariyalur district. Udayarpalayam is about 5.0 km away. Jayamkondacholapuram is about 13 km away. Sendurai is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.