About Melathirumanikkam Village

Melathirumanikkam is a large village in Peraiyur tehsil, in the district of Madurai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,778, made up of 1,402 males and 1,376 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 981 females per 1000 males. The village covers 758.33 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 625535, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melathirumanikkam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melathirumanikkam village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Madurai
Tehsil	Peraiyur
Pincode	625535
Area (hectares)	758.33 hectares
Population	2,778
Male Population	1,402
Female Population	1,376
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	981
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Melathirumanikkam compares

By the 2011 count Melathirumanikkam is the 23rd largest of the 70 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,337 residents. Its 758.33 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Melathirumanikkam

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

Melathirumanikkam lies about 44 km from Madurai. 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 Melathirumanikkam
Tehsil headquarters	Peraiyur	14 km
Nearest town	Usilampatti	15 km
District headquarters	Madurai	44 km

Villages closest to Melathirumanikkam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melathirumanikkam village had a population of 2,778. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 70 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,337 residents.

Melathirumanikkam village has 1,402 males and 1,376 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melathirumanikkam has about 981 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Melathirumanikkam is 625535. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melathirumanikkam covers 758.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Melathirumanikkam falls under Peraiyur tehsil of Madurai district in Tamil Nadu.

The census record for Melathirumanikkam notes the nearest railway station 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 Melathirumanikkam.

Melathirumanikkam is about 44 km from Madurai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melathirumanikkam is in Peraiyur tehsil of Madurai district. Peraiyur is about 14 km away. Usilampatti is about 15 km away. Madurai is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Uthapuram (3.0 km), Silarpatti (3.8 km) and Elumalai Rf (3.8 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Melathirumanikkam today is likely to be higher.