About Melakurichi Village

Melakurichi is a mid sized village in Virudhachalam tehsil, in the district of Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 710, made up of 356 males and 354 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 994 females per 1000 males. The village covers 318.46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 606204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melakurichi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melakurichi village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Cuddalore
Tehsil	Virudhachalam
Pincode	606204
Area (hectares)	318.46 hectares
Population	710
Male Population	356
Female Population	354
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	994
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Melakurichi compares

By the 2011 count Melakurichi is the 143rd largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,130 residents. Its 318.46 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 963.

Getting to Melakurichi

Melakurichi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Melakurichi as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 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 Melakurichi from other places

Melakurichi lies about 75 km from Cuddalore, and the nearest railway station is Kuttakudi, about 6.0 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 Melakurichi
Nearest railway station	Kuttakudi	6.0 km
Nearest town	Tittagudi	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Virudhachalam	26 km
District headquarters	Cuddalore	75 km

Villages closest to Melakurichi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melakurichi village had a population of 710. That makes it the 143rd largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,130 residents.

Melakurichi village has 356 males and 354 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melakurichi has about 994 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 963.

The pincode recorded for Melakurichi is 606204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melakurichi covers 318.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Melakurichi falls under Virudhachalam tehsil of Cuddalore district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Melakurichi is Kuttakudi, about 6.0 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 - 10 km distance for Melakurichi.

Melakurichi is about 75 km from Cuddalore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melakurichi is in Virudhachalam tehsil of Cuddalore district. Kuttakudi is about 6.0 km away. Tittagudi is about 20 km away. Virudhachalam is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.