About Melakadambur Village

Melakadambur is a mid sized village in Kattumannarkoil tehsil, in the district of Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 873, made up of 429 males and 444 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,035 females per 1000 males. The village covers 168.21 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 608304, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melakadambur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melakadambur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Cuddalore
Tehsil	Kattumannarkoil
Pincode	608304
Area (hectares)	168.21 hectares
Population	873
Male Population	429
Female Population	444
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,035
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Melakadambur compares

By the 2011 count Melakadambur is the 96th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,473 residents. Its 168.21 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 991.

Getting to Melakadambur

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

Melakadambur lies about 63 km from Cuddalore, and the nearest railway station is Anandtandavpur, about 18 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 Melakadambur
Tehsil headquarters	Kattumannarkoil	5.6 km
Nearest railway station	Anandtandavpur	18 km
District headquarters	Cuddalore	63 km

Villages closest to Melakadambur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melakadambur village had a population of 873. That makes it the 96th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,473 residents.

Melakadambur village has 429 males and 444 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melakadambur has about 1035 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 991.

The pincode recorded for Melakadambur is 608304. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melakadambur covers 168.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Melakadambur falls under Kattumannarkoil tehsil of Cuddalore district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Melakadambur is Anandtandavpur, about 18 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 Melakadambur.

Melakadambur is about 63 km from Cuddalore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melakadambur is in Kattumannarkoil tehsil of Cuddalore district. Kattumannarkoil is about 5.6 km away. Anandtandavpur is about 18 km away. Cuddalore is about 63 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.