About Melaiyur Village

Melaiyur is a mid sized village in Chengalpattu tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,283, made up of 652 males and 631 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 968 females per 1000 males. The village covers 276.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603108, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melaiyur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melaiyur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kancheepuram
Tehsil	Chengalpattu
Pincode	603108
Area (hectares)	276.2 hectares
Population	1,283
Male Population	652
Female Population	631
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	968
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 4 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 16 km distance

How Melaiyur compares

By the 2011 count Melaiyur is the 63rd largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,827 residents. Its 276.2 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Melaiyur

Melaiyur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Melaiyur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 4 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 16 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Melaiyur from other places

Melaiyur lies about 32 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Chengalpatttu Junction, about 5.2 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 Melaiyur
Tehsil headquarters	Chengalpattu	4.7 km
Nearest railway station	Chengalpatttu Junction	5.2 km
District headquarters	Kancheepuram	32 km

Villages closest to Melaiyur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melaiyur village had a population of 1,283. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,827 residents.

Melaiyur village has 652 males and 631 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melaiyur has about 968 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Melaiyur is 603108. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melaiyur covers 276.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Melaiyur falls under Chengalpattu tehsil of Kancheepuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Melaiyur is Chengalpatttu Junction, about 5.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 16 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 4 km distance for Melaiyur.

Melaiyur is about 32 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melaiyur is in Chengalpattu tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Chengalpattu is about 4.7 km away. Chengalpatttu Junction is about 5.2 km away. Kancheepuram is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.