About Melakottiyur Village

Melakottiyur is a large village in Chengalpattu tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,865, made up of 2,443 males and 2,422 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 991 females per 1000 males. The village covers 440.67 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 600127, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melakottiyur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melakottiyur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kancheepuram
Tehsil	Chengalpattu
Pincode	600127
Area (hectares)	440.67 hectares
Population	4,865
Male Population	2,443
Female Population	2,422
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	991
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 7 km distance

How Melakottiyur compares

By the 2011 count Melakottiyur is the 13th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,827 residents. Its 440.67 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Melakottiyur

Melakottiyur 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 Melakottiyur 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 7 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Melakottiyur from other places

Melakottiyur lies about 49 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Kilambakkam, about 8.4 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 Melakottiyur
Nearest town	Unamaucheri	4.8 km
Nearest railway station	Kilambakkam	8.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chengalpattu	25 km
District headquarters	Kancheepuram	49 km

Villages closest to Melakottiyur

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 Melakottiyur

As per the Census of India 2011, Melakottiyur village had a population of 4,865. That makes it the 13th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,827 residents.

Melakottiyur village has 2,443 males and 2,422 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melakottiyur has about 991 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Melakottiyur is 600127. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melakottiyur covers 440.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Melakottiyur is Kilambakkam, about 8.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 7 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Melakottiyur.

Melakottiyur is about 49 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melakottiyur is in Chengalpattu tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Unamaucheri is about 4.8 km away. Kilambakkam is about 8.4 km away. Chengalpattu is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.