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About Melchokkanathanpettai Village

Melchokkanathanpettai is a small village in Chidambaram tehsil, in the district of Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 153, made up of 76 males and 77 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,013 females per 1000 males. The village covers 125.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 608102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melchokkanathanpettai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melchokkanathanpettai village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Cuddalore
Tehsil Chidambaram
Pincode 608102
Area (hectares) 125.01 hectares
Population 153
Male Population 76
Female Population 77
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,013
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Melchokkanathanpettai compares

By the 2011 count Melchokkanathanpettai is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,765 residents. Its 125.01 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 991.

Getting to Melchokkanathanpettai

Melchokkanathanpettai 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 Melchokkanathanpettai as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Melchokkanathanpettai from other places

Melchokkanathanpettai lies about 38 km from Cuddalore. 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 Melchokkanathanpettai
Tehsil headquarters Chidambaram 3.1 km
District headquarters Cuddalore 38 km

Villages closest to Melchokkanathanpettai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melchokkanathanpettai village had a population of 153. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,765 residents.

Melchokkanathanpettai village has 76 males and 77 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melchokkanathanpettai has about 1013 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 991.

The pincode recorded for Melchokkanathanpettai is 608102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melchokkanathanpettai covers 125.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Melchokkanathanpettai falls under Chidambaram tehsil of Cuddalore district in Tamil Nadu.

The census record for Melchokkanathanpettai notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Melchokkanathanpettai.

Melchokkanathanpettai is about 38 km from Cuddalore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melchokkanathanpettai is in Chidambaram tehsil of Cuddalore district. Chidambaram is about 3.1 km away. Cuddalore is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Paluttankarai (under 2 km), Lalpuram (under 2 km) and Tillainayakapuram (under 2 km).

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

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