About Melanur Village

Melanur is a small village in Harur tehsil, in the district of Dharmapuri, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 217, made up of 112 males and 105 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. The village covers 327.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 636902, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melanur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melanur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Dharmapuri
Tehsil	Harur
Pincode	636902
Area (hectares)	327.04 hectares
Population	217
Male Population	112
Female Population	105
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	938
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 Melanur compares

By the 2011 count Melanur is the 144th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,238 residents. Its 327.04 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Melanur

Melanur is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Melanur 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 Melanur from other places

Melanur lies about 59 km from Dharmapuri, and the nearest railway station is Morappur, about 35 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 Melanur
Tehsil headquarters	Harur	23 km
Nearest town	Harūr	23 km
Nearest railway station	Morappur	35 km
District headquarters	Dharmapuri	59 km

Villages closest to Melanur

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 Melanur

As per the Census of India 2011, Melanur village had a population of 217. That makes it the 144th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,238 residents.

Melanur village has 112 males and 105 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melanur has about 938 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Melanur is 636902. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melanur covers 327.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Melanur is Morappur, about 35 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 Melanur.

Melanur is about 59 km from Dharmapuri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melanur is in Harur tehsil of Dharmapuri district. Harur is about 23 km away. Harūr is about 23 km away. Morappur is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.