About Melpakkam Village

Melpakkam is a mid sized village in Uthiramerur tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 581, made up of 272 males and 309 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,136 females per 1000 males. The village covers 561.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603402, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melpakkam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melpakkam village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kancheepuram
Tehsil	Uthiramerur
Pincode	603402
Area (hectares)	561.91 hectares
Population	581
Male Population	272
Female Population	309
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,136
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 2 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 27 km distance

How Melpakkam compares

By the 2011 count Melpakkam is the 83rd largest of the 113 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,082 residents. Its 561.91 hectares work out to about 1.0 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 1001.

Getting to Melpakkam

Melpakkam 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 Melpakkam as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 2 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 27 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Melpakkam from other places

Melpakkam lies about 19 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Nathapettai, about 19 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 Melpakkam
Nearest town	Uttiramerūr	8.1 km
Nearest railway station	Nathapettai	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Uthiramerur	19 km
District headquarters	Kancheepuram	19 km

Villages closest to Melpakkam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melpakkam village had a population of 581. That makes it the 83rd largest of the 113 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,082 residents.

Melpakkam village has 272 males and 309 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melpakkam has about 1136 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1001.

The pincode recorded for Melpakkam is 603402. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melpakkam covers 561.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Melpakkam falls under Uthiramerur tehsil of Kancheepuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Melpakkam is Nathapettai, about 19 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 27 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 2 km distance for Melpakkam.

Melpakkam is about 19 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melpakkam is in Uthiramerur tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Uttiramerūr is about 8.1 km away. Nathapettai is about 19 km away. Uthiramerur is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.