About Melapalaiyur Village

Melapalaiyur is a mid sized village in Virudhachalam tehsil, in the district of Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,696, made up of 839 males and 857 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,021 females per 1000 males. The village covers 261.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 606110, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melapalaiyur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melapalaiyur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Cuddalore
Tehsil	Virudhachalam
Pincode	606110
Area (hectares)	261.04 hectares
Population	1,696
Male Population	839
Female Population	857
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,021
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Melapalaiyur compares

By the 2011 count Melapalaiyur is the 79th largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,130 residents. Its 261.04 hectares work out to about 6.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 963.

Getting to Melapalaiyur

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

Melapalaiyur lies about 53 km from Cuddalore, and the nearest railway station is Vriddhachalam Town, about 9.4 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 Melapalaiyur
Tehsil headquarters	Virudhachalam	7.7 km
Nearest railway station	Vriddhachalam Town	9.4 km
District headquarters	Cuddalore	53 km

Villages closest to Melapalaiyur

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 Melapalaiyur

As per the Census of India 2011, Melapalaiyur village had a population of 1,696. That makes it the 79th largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,130 residents.

Melapalaiyur village has 839 males and 857 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melapalaiyur has about 1021 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 963.

The pincode recorded for Melapalaiyur is 606110. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melapalaiyur covers 261.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Melapalaiyur is Vriddhachalam Town, about 9.4 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 Melapalaiyur.

Melapalaiyur is about 53 km from Cuddalore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melapalaiyur is in Virudhachalam tehsil of Cuddalore district. Virudhachalam is about 7.7 km away. Vriddhachalam Town is about 9.4 km away. Cuddalore is about 53 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.