About Melkuppam Village

Melkuppam is a small village in Tirukalukundram tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 52, made up of 22 males and 30 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,364 females per 1000 males. The village covers 189.13 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603104, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melkuppam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melkuppam village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kancheepuram
Tehsil	Tirukalukundram
Pincode	603104
Area (hectares)	189.13 hectares
Population	52
Male Population	22
Female Population	30
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,364
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 28 km distance

How Melkuppam compares

By the 2011 count Melkuppam is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,381 residents. Its 189.13 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 982.

Getting to Melkuppam

Melkuppam 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 Melkuppam 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 28 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Melkuppam from other places

Melkuppam lies about 23 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Tiruvalangadu, about 6.4 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 Melkuppam
Nearest railway station	Tiruvalangadu	6.4 km
Nearest town	Arakkonam	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tirukalukundram	23 km
District headquarters	Kancheepuram	23 km

Villages closest to Melkuppam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melkuppam village had a population of 52. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,381 residents.

Melkuppam village has 22 males and 30 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melkuppam has about 1364 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 982.

The pincode recorded for Melkuppam is 603104. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melkuppam covers 189.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Melkuppam falls under Tirukalukundram tehsil of Kancheepuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Melkuppam is Tiruvalangadu, about 6.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 28 km distance.

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

Melkuppam is about 23 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melkuppam is in Tirukalukundram tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Tiruvalangadu is about 6.4 km away. Arakkonam is about 12 km away. Tirukalukundram is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.