About Melappaguthi Village

Melappaguthi is one of the larger villages in Kadavur tehsil, in the district of Karur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,275, made up of 2,586 males and 2,689 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,040 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2273.67 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 621301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melappaguthi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melappaguthi village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Karur
Tehsil	Kadavur
Pincode	621301
Area (hectares)	2273.67 hectares
Population	5,275
Male Population	2,586
Female Population	2,689
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,040
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Melappaguthi compares

By the 2011 count Melappaguthi is the 8th largest of the 22 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 4,993 residents. Its 2273.67 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1006.

Getting to Melappaguthi

Melappaguthi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Melappaguthi 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Melappaguthi from other places

Melappaguthi lies about 32 km from Karur, and the nearest railway station is Palayam.I, about 12 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 Melappaguthi
Nearest railway station	Palayam.I	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kadavur	15 km
Nearest town	Manapparai	23 km
District headquarters	Karur	32 km

Villages closest to Melappaguthi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melappaguthi village had a population of 5,275. That makes it the 8th largest of the 22 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,993 residents.

Melappaguthi village has 2,586 males and 2,689 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melappaguthi has about 1040 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Melappaguthi is 621301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melappaguthi covers 2273.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Melappaguthi falls under Kadavur tehsil of Karur district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Melappaguthi is Palayam.I, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

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

Melappaguthi is about 32 km from Karur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melappaguthi is in Kadavur tehsil of Karur district. Palayam.I is about 12 km away. Kadavur is about 15 km away. Manapparai is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.