About Menalur Village

Menalur is a large village in Uthiramerur tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,549, made up of 1,282 males and 1,267 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 988 females per 1000 males. The village covers 528.49 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603402, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Menalur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Menalur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kancheepuram
Tehsil	Uthiramerur
Pincode	603402
Area (hectares)	528.49 hectares
Population	2,549
Male Population	1,282
Female Population	1,267
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	988
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 4 km distance

How Menalur compares

By the 2011 count Menalur is the 6th largest of the 113 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,082 residents. Its 528.49 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 1001.

Getting to Menalur

Menalur 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 Menalur 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 4 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Menalur from other places

Menalur lies about 10 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Nathapettai, about 10 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 Menalur
Nearest town	Sevilimedu	7.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Uthiramerur	10 km
District headquarters	Kancheepuram	10 km
Nearest railway station	Nathapettai	10 km

Villages closest to Menalur

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 Menalur

As per the Census of India 2011, Menalur village had a population of 2,549. That makes it the 6th largest of the 113 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,082 residents.

Menalur village has 1,282 males and 1,267 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Menalur has about 988 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 1001.

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

Menalur covers 528.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Menalur is Nathapettai, about 10 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 4 km distance.

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

Menalur is about 10 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Menalur is in Uthiramerur tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Sevilimedu is about 7.4 km away. Uthiramerur is about 10 km away. Kancheepuram is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.