About Melachengambadi Village

Melachengambadi is a mid sized village in Harur tehsil, in the district of Dharmapuri, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 720, made up of 375 males and 345 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 920 females per 1000 males. The village covers 265.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 636903, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melachengambadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melachengambadi village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Dharmapuri
Tehsil	Harur
Pincode	636903
Area (hectares)	265.7 hectares
Population	720
Male Population	375
Female Population	345
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	920
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Melachengambadi compares

By the 2011 count Melachengambadi is the 89th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,238 residents. Its 265.7 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Melachengambadi

Melachengambadi is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Melachengambadi as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Melachengambadi from other places

Melachengambadi lies about 45 km from Dharmapuri, and the nearest railway station is Morappur, about 20 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 Melachengambadi
Tehsil headquarters	Harur	9.2 km
Nearest town	Harūr	9.2 km
Nearest railway station	Morappur	20 km
District headquarters	Dharmapuri	45 km

Villages closest to Melachengambadi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melachengambadi village had a population of 720. That makes it the 89th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,238 residents.

Melachengambadi village has 375 males and 345 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melachengambadi has about 920 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Melachengambadi is 636903. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melachengambadi covers 265.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Melachengambadi falls under Harur tehsil of Dharmapuri district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Melachengambadi is Morappur, about 20 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Melachengambadi.

Melachengambadi is about 45 km from Dharmapuri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melachengambadi is in Harur tehsil of Dharmapuri district. Harur is about 9.2 km away. Harūr is about 9.2 km away. Morappur is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.