About Melamathur Village

Melamathur 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 1,539, made up of 795 males and 744 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 936 females per 1000 males. The village covers 393.25 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 625234, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melamathur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melamathur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Madurai
Tehsil	Madurai South
Pincode	625234
Area (hectares)	393.25 hectares
Population	1,539
Male Population	795
Female Population	744
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	936
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Melamathur compares

By the 2011 count Melamathur is the 27th largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,117 residents. Its 393.25 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 972.

Getting to Melamathur

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

Melamathur lies about 12 km from Madurai, and the nearest railway station is Samayanallur, about 2.6 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 Melamathur
Nearest railway station	Samayanallur	2.6 km
Nearest town	Paravai	5.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Madurai South	12 km
District headquarters	Madurai	12 km

Villages closest to Melamathur

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 Melamathur

As per the Census of India 2011, Melamathur village had a population of 1,539. That makes it the 27th largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,117 residents.

Melamathur village has 795 males and 744 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melamathur has about 936 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 972.

The pincode recorded for Melamathur is 625234. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melamathur covers 393.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Melamathur is Samayanallur, about 2.6 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 Melamathur.

Melamathur is about 12 km from Madurai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melamathur is in Madurai South tehsil of Madurai district. Samayanallur is about 2.6 km away. Paravai is about 5.4 km away. Madurai South is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.