About Melumalai Village

Melumalai is a mid sized village in Hosur tehsil, in the district of Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,153, made up of 581 males and 572 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 985 females per 1000 males. The village covers 485.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 635115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melumalai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melumalai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Krishnagiri
Tehsil	Hosur
Pincode	635115
Area (hectares)	485.87 hectares
Population	1,153
Male Population	581
Female Population	572
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	985
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Melumalai compares

By the 2011 count Melumalai is the 69th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,032 residents. Its 485.87 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 956.

Getting to Melumalai

Melumalai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Melumalai 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 Melumalai from other places

Melumalai lies about 16 km from Krishnagiri, and the nearest railway station is Rayakkottai, about 13 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 Melumalai
Nearest railway station	Rayakkottai	13 km
Nearest town	Kādiganpalli	16 km
District headquarters	Krishnagiri	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Hosur	32 km

Villages closest to Melumalai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melumalai village had a population of 1,153. That makes it the 69th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,032 residents.

Melumalai village has 581 males and 572 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melumalai has about 985 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 956.

The pincode recorded for Melumalai is 635115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melumalai covers 485.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Melumalai falls under Hosur tehsil of Krishnagiri district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Melumalai is Rayakkottai, about 13 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 Melumalai.

Melumalai is about 16 km from Krishnagiri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melumalai is in Hosur tehsil of Krishnagiri district. Rayakkottai is about 13 km away. Kādiganpalli is about 16 km away. Krishnagiri is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.