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About Melkumaramangalam Village

Melkumaramangalam is one of the larger villages in Panruti tehsil, in the district of Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,975, made up of 2,953 males and 3,022 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,023 females per 1000 males. The village covers 892.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 607205, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melkumaramangalam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melkumaramangalam village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Cuddalore
Tehsil Panruti
Pincode 607205
Area (hectares) 892.57 hectares
Population 5,975
Male Population 2,953
Female Population 3,022
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,023
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Melkumaramangalam compares

By the 2011 count Melkumaramangalam is the 14th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 3,493 residents. Its 892.57 hectares work out to about 6.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Melkumaramangalam

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

Melkumaramangalam lies about 21 km from Cuddalore, and the nearest railway station is Thiruthuraiyur, about 5.8 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 Melkumaramangalam
Nearest railway station Thiruthuraiyur 5.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Panruti 7.3 km
District headquarters Cuddalore 21 km

Villages closest to Melkumaramangalam

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.

Common questions about Melkumaramangalam

As per the Census of India 2011, Melkumaramangalam village had a population of 5,975. That makes it the 14th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,493 residents.

Melkumaramangalam village has 2,953 males and 3,022 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melkumaramangalam has about 1023 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Melkumaramangalam is 607205. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melkumaramangalam covers 892.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Melkumaramangalam is Thiruthuraiyur, about 5.8 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 Melkumaramangalam.

Melkumaramangalam is about 21 km from Cuddalore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melkumaramangalam is in Panruti tehsil of Cuddalore district. Thiruthuraiyur is about 5.8 km away. Panruti is about 7.3 km away. Cuddalore is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pagandai (2.4 km), Pulavanur (2.7 km) and Kandarakkottai (3.6 km).

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

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