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About Melaparuthigudi Village

Melaparuthigudi is a mid sized village in Kattumannarkoil tehsil, in the district of Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 503, made up of 244 males and 259 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,061 females per 1000 males. The village covers 173.39 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 608302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melaparuthigudi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melaparuthigudi village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Cuddalore
Tehsil Kattumannarkoil
Pincode 608302
Area (hectares) 173.39 hectares
Population 503
Male Population 244
Female Population 259
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,061
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Melaparuthigudi compares

By the 2011 count Melaparuthigudi is the 131st largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,473 residents. Its 173.39 hectares work out to about 2.9 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 Melaparuthigudi

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

Melaparuthigudi lies about 54 km from Cuddalore, and the nearest railway station is Kollidam, about 10 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 Melaparuthigudi
Tehsil headquarters Kattumannarkoil 8.5 km
Nearest railway station Kollidam 10 km
District headquarters Cuddalore 54 km

Villages closest to Melaparuthigudi

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.

Common questions about Melaparuthigudi

As per the Census of India 2011, Melaparuthigudi village had a population of 503. That makes it the 131st largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,473 residents.

Melaparuthigudi village has 244 males and 259 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melaparuthigudi has about 1061 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 991.

The pincode recorded for Melaparuthigudi is 608302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melaparuthigudi covers 173.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Melaparuthigudi is Kollidam, about 10 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 Melaparuthigudi.

Melaparuthigudi is about 54 km from Cuddalore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melaparuthigudi is in Kattumannarkoil tehsil of Cuddalore district. Kattumannarkoil is about 8.5 km away. Kollidam is about 10 km away. Cuddalore is about 54 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kanjivay (under 2 km), Elangambur (under 2 km) and Vellur (under 2 km).

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

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