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About Melpuliyangudi Village

Melpuliyangudi is a mid sized village in Kattumannarkoil tehsil, in the district of Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,263, made up of 619 males and 644 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,040 females per 1000 males. The village covers 302.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 608703, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melpuliyangudi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melpuliyangudi village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Cuddalore
Tehsil Kattumannarkoil
Pincode 608703
Area (hectares) 302.4 hectares
Population 1,263
Male Population 619
Female Population 644
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,040
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Melpuliyangudi compares

By the 2011 count Melpuliyangudi is the 63rd largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,473 residents. Its 302.4 hectares work out to about 4.2 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 Melpuliyangudi

Melpuliyangudi is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Melpuliyangudi as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Melpuliyangudi from other places

Melpuliyangudi lies about 56 km from Cuddalore, and the nearest railway station is Uttangalmangalam, about 15 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 Melpuliyangudi
Nearest town Virudhachalam 13 km
Nearest railway station Uttangalmangalam 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Kattumannarkoil 24 km
District headquarters Cuddalore 56 km

Villages closest to Melpuliyangudi

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 Melpuliyangudi

As per the Census of India 2011, Melpuliyangudi village had a population of 1,263. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,473 residents.

Melpuliyangudi village has 619 males and 644 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melpuliyangudi has about 1040 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 991.

The pincode recorded for Melpuliyangudi is 608703. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melpuliyangudi covers 302.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Melpuliyangudi is Uttangalmangalam, about 15 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Melpuliyangudi.

Melpuliyangudi is about 56 km from Cuddalore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melpuliyangudi is in Kattumannarkoil tehsil of Cuddalore district. Virudhachalam is about 13 km away. Uttangalmangalam is about 15 km away. Kattumannarkoil is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kilpuliyangudi (under 2 km), Kunamangalam (2.7 km) and Nagarappadi (3.2 km).

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

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