About Melamaiyur Village

Melamaiyur is one of the larger villages in Chengalpattu tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 8,468, made up of 4,143 males and 4,325 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,044 females per 1000 males. The village covers 200.59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 600302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melamaiyur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melamaiyur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kancheepuram
Tehsil	Chengalpattu
Pincode	600302
Area (hectares)	200.59 hectares
Population	8,468
Male Population	4,143
Female Population	4,325
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,044
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 km distance

How Melamaiyur compares

By the 2011 count Melamaiyur is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,827 residents. Its 200.59 hectares work out to about 42 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Melamaiyur

Melamaiyur 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 Melamaiyur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Melamaiyur from other places

Melamaiyur lies about 36 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Tirumani, about under 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 Melamaiyur
Nearest railway station	Tirumani	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chengalpattu	2.5 km
District headquarters	Kancheepuram	36 km

Villages closest to Melamaiyur

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 Melamaiyur

As per the Census of India 2011, Melamaiyur village had a population of 8,468. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,827 residents.

Melamaiyur village has 4,143 males and 4,325 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melamaiyur has about 1044 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Melamaiyur is 600302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melamaiyur covers 200.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 42 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

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

The nearest railway station to Melamaiyur is Tirumani, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 km distance for Melamaiyur.

Melamaiyur is about 36 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melamaiyur is in Chengalpattu tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Tirumani is about under 2 km away. Chengalpattu is about 2.5 km away. Kancheepuram is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.