About Melakuyilkudi Village

Melakuyilkudi is a mid sized village in Madurai South tehsil, in the district of Madurai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,920, made up of 995 males and 925 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 930 females per 1000 males. The village covers 330.08 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 625019, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melakuyilkudi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melakuyilkudi village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Madurai
Tehsil	Madurai South
Pincode	625019
Area (hectares)	330.08 hectares
Population	1,920
Male Population	995
Female Population	925
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	930
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Melakuyilkudi compares

By the 2011 count Melakuyilkudi is the 19th largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,117 residents. Its 330.08 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 972.

Getting to Melakuyilkudi

Melakuyilkudi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Melakuyilkudi 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Melakuyilkudi from other places

Melakuyilkudi lies about 9.6 km from Madurai, and the nearest railway station is Nagamalai West, about 2.2 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 Melakuyilkudi
Nearest railway station	Nagamalai West	2.2 km
Nearest town	Tirupparangunram	5.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Madurai South	9.6 km
District headquarters	Madurai	9.6 km

Villages closest to Melakuyilkudi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Madurai South 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 Melakuyilkudi

As per the Census of India 2011, Melakuyilkudi village had a population of 1,920. That makes it the 19th largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,117 residents.

Melakuyilkudi village has 995 males and 925 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melakuyilkudi has about 930 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 972.

The pincode recorded for Melakuyilkudi is 625019. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melakuyilkudi covers 330.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Melakuyilkudi falls under Madurai South tehsil of Madurai district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Melakuyilkudi is Nagamalai West, about 2.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Melakuyilkudi is about 9.6 km from Madurai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melakuyilkudi is in Madurai South tehsil of Madurai district. Nagamalai West is about 2.2 km away. Tirupparangunram is about 5.9 km away. Madurai South is about 9.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.