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About Melmanakkudi Village

Melmanakkudi is a mid sized village in Chidambaram tehsil, in the district of Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,165, made up of 622 males and 543 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 873 females per 1000 males. The village covers 209.37 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 608601, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melmanakkudi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melmanakkudi village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Cuddalore
Tehsil Chidambaram
Pincode 608601
Area (hectares) 209.37 hectares
Population 1,165
Male Population 622
Female Population 543
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 873
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Melmanakkudi compares

By the 2011 count Melmanakkudi is the 106th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,765 residents. Its 209.37 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 991.

Getting to Melmanakkudi

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

Melmanakkudi lies about 33 km from Cuddalore, and the nearest railway station is Kille, about 9.4 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 Melmanakkudi
Nearest town Kīl Bhuvanagiri 4.1 km
Nearest railway station Kille 9.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Chidambaram 10 km
District headquarters Cuddalore 33 km

Villages closest to Melmanakkudi

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 Melmanakkudi

As per the Census of India 2011, Melmanakkudi village had a population of 1,165. That makes it the 106th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,765 residents.

Melmanakkudi village has 622 males and 543 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melmanakkudi has about 873 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 991.

The pincode recorded for Melmanakkudi is 608601. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melmanakkudi covers 209.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Melmanakkudi is Kille, about 9.4 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 Melmanakkudi.

Melmanakkudi is about 33 km from Cuddalore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melmanakkudi is in Chidambaram tehsil of Cuddalore district. Kīl Bhuvanagiri is about 4.1 km away. Kille is about 9.4 km away. Chidambaram is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Vadakkuthittai (under 2 km), Therkuthittai (1.6 km) and Sathappadi (1.7 km).

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

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