About Melkavarapattu Village

Melkavarapattu is a large village in Panruti tehsil, in the district of Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,628, made up of 1,799 males and 1,829 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,017 females per 1000 males. The village covers 378.55 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 607112, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melkavarapattu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melkavarapattu village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Cuddalore
Tehsil	Panruti
Pincode	607112
Area (hectares)	378.55 hectares
Population	3,628
Male Population	1,799
Female Population	1,829
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,017
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Melkavarapattu compares

By the 2011 count Melkavarapattu is the 32nd largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 3,493 residents. Its 378.55 hectares work out to about 9.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Melkavarapattu

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

How far is Melkavarapattu from other places

Melkavarapattu lies about 19 km from Cuddalore, and the nearest railway station is Melpattambakkam, about 2.9 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 Melkavarapattu
Nearest railway station	Melpattambakkam	2.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Panruti	5.2 km
District headquarters	Cuddalore	19 km

Villages closest to Melkavarapattu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melkavarapattu village had a population of 3,628. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,493 residents.

Melkavarapattu village has 1,799 males and 1,829 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melkavarapattu has about 1017 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Melkavarapattu is 607112. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melkavarapattu covers 378.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Melkavarapattu falls under Panruti tehsil of Cuddalore district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Melkavarapattu is Melpattambakkam, about 2.9 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 village for Melkavarapattu.

Melkavarapattu is about 19 km from Cuddalore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melkavarapattu is in Panruti tehsil of Cuddalore district. Melpattambakkam is about 2.9 km away. Panruti is about 5.2 km away. Cuddalore is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.