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About Melapuduppettai Village

Melapuduppettai is a mid sized village in Kurinjipadi tehsil, in the district of Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,329, made up of 674 males and 655 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 972 females per 1000 males. The village covers 101.09 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 607302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melapuduppettai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melapuduppettai village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Cuddalore
Tehsil Kurinjipadi
Pincode 607302
Area (hectares) 101.09 hectares
Population 1,329
Male Population 674
Female Population 655
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 972
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Melapuduppettai compares

By the 2011 count Melapuduppettai is the 36th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 3,001 residents. Its 101.09 hectares work out to about 13 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Melapuduppettai

Melapuduppettai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Melapuduppettai as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Melapuduppettai from other places

Melapuduppettai lies about 43 km from Cuddalore, and the nearest railway station is Vallampadugai, about 3.6 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 Melapuduppettai
Nearest railway station Vallampadugai 3.6 km
Nearest town Chidambaram 5.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Kurinjipadi 25 km
District headquarters Cuddalore 43 km

Villages closest to Melapuduppettai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melapuduppettai village had a population of 1,329. That makes it the 36th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,001 residents.

Melapuduppettai village has 674 males and 655 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melapuduppettai has about 972 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Melapuduppettai is 607302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melapuduppettai covers 101.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 13 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Melapuduppettai falls under Kurinjipadi tehsil of Cuddalore district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Melapuduppettai is Vallampadugai, about 3.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Melapuduppettai.

Melapuduppettai is about 43 km from Cuddalore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melapuduppettai is in Kurinjipadi tehsil of Cuddalore district. Vallampadugai is about 3.6 km away. Chidambaram is about 5.4 km away. Kurinjipadi is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ambalavanampettai (under 2 km), Annadanampettai (under 2 km) and Guruvappanpettai (under 2 km).

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

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