About Melapattu Village

Melapattu is a small village in Tirukalukundram tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 224, made up of 115 males and 109 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 948 females per 1000 males. The village covers 212.39 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603104, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melapattu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melapattu village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kancheepuram
Tehsil	Tirukalukundram
Pincode	603104
Area (hectares)	212.39 hectares
Population	224
Male Population	115
Female Population	109
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	948
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 6 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 6 km distance

How Melapattu compares

By the 2011 count Melapattu is the 91st largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,381 residents. Its 212.39 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 982.

Getting to Melapattu

Melapattu 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 Melapattu as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 6 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 6 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Melapattu from other places

Melapattu lies about 21 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Kanchipuram, about 22 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 Melapattu
Nearest town	Cheyyar	8.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tirukalukundram	21 km
District headquarters	Kancheepuram	21 km
Nearest railway station	Kanchipuram	22 km

Villages closest to Melapattu

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 Melapattu

As per the Census of India 2011, Melapattu village had a population of 224. That makes it the 91st largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,381 residents.

Melapattu village has 115 males and 109 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melapattu has about 948 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 982.

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

Melapattu covers 212.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Melapattu is Kanchipuram, about 22 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 6 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 6 km distance for Melapattu.

Melapattu is about 21 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melapattu is in Tirukalukundram tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Cheyyar is about 8.0 km away. Tirukalukundram is about 21 km away. Kancheepuram is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.