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About Melnedumbur Village

Melnedumbur is a mid sized village in Kattumannarkoil tehsil, in the district of Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 692, made up of 334 males and 358 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,072 females per 1000 males. The village covers 113.25 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 608302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melnedumbur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melnedumbur village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Cuddalore
Tehsil Kattumannarkoil
Pincode 608302
Area (hectares) 113.25 hectares
Population 692
Male Population 334
Female Population 358
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,072
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Melnedumbur compares

By the 2011 count Melnedumbur is the 112th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,473 residents. Its 113.25 hectares work out to about 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 991.

Getting to Melnedumbur

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

Melnedumbur lies about 51 km from Cuddalore, and the nearest railway station is Vallampadugai, about 12 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 Melnedumbur
Tehsil headquarters Kattumannarkoil 7.2 km
Nearest railway station Vallampadugai 12 km
District headquarters Cuddalore 51 km

Villages closest to Melnedumbur

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 Melnedumbur

As per the Census of India 2011, Melnedumbur village had a population of 692. That makes it the 112th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,473 residents.

Melnedumbur village has 334 males and 358 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melnedumbur has about 1072 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 991.

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

Melnedumbur covers 113.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Melnedumbur is Vallampadugai, about 12 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 Melnedumbur.

Melnedumbur is about 51 km from Cuddalore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melnedumbur is in Kattumannarkoil tehsil of Cuddalore district. Kattumannarkoil is about 7.2 km away. Vallampadugai is about 12 km away. Cuddalore is about 51 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Keelnedumbur (under 2 km), Kothavasal (under 2 km) and Lakshimigudi (under 2 km).

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

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