About Melmaruvathur Village

Melmaruvathur is a large village in Cheyyur tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,367, made up of 1,758 males and 1,609 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 915 females per 1000 males. The village covers 149.61 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603319, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melmaruvathur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melmaruvathur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kancheepuram
Tehsil	Cheyyur
Pincode	603319
Area (hectares)	149.61 hectares
Population	3,367
Male Population	1,758
Female Population	1,609
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	915
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Melmaruvathur compares

By the 2011 count Melmaruvathur is the 9th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,524 residents. Its 149.61 hectares work out to about 23 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Melmaruvathur

Melmaruvathur 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 Melmaruvathur 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Melmaruvathur from other places

Melmaruvathur lies about 47 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Melmaruvattur, 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 Melmaruvathur
Nearest railway station	Melmaruvattur	under 2 km
Nearest town	Madurāntakam	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Cheyyur	21 km
District headquarters	Kancheepuram	47 km

Villages closest to Melmaruvathur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melmaruvathur village had a population of 3,367. That makes it the 9th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,524 residents.

Melmaruvathur village has 1,758 males and 1,609 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melmaruvathur has about 915 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Melmaruvathur is 603319. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melmaruvathur covers 149.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 23 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Melmaruvathur falls under Cheyyur tehsil of Kancheepuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Melmaruvathur is Melmaruvattur, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Melmaruvathur is about 47 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melmaruvathur is in Cheyyur tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Melmaruvattur is about under 2 km away. Madurāntakam is about 11 km away. Cheyyur is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.