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About Melanesaneri Village

Melanesaneri is a small village in Thirumangalam tehsil, in the district of Madurai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 310, made up of 168 males and 142 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 845 females per 1000 males. The village covers 517.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 625704, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melanesaneri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melanesaneri village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Madurai
Tehsil Thirumangalam
Pincode 625704
Area (hectares) 517.47 hectares
Population 310
Male Population 168
Female Population 142
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 845
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Melanesaneri compares

By the 2011 count Melanesaneri is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,931 residents. Its 517.47 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 988.

Getting to Melanesaneri

Melanesaneri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Melanesaneri as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Melanesaneri from other places

Melanesaneri lies about 11 km from Madurai, and the nearest railway station is Samayanallur, about 6.0 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 Melanesaneri
Nearest town Paravai 5.2 km
Nearest railway station Samayanallur 6.0 km
District headquarters Madurai 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Thirumangalam 23 km

Villages closest to Melanesaneri

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

Common questions about Melanesaneri

As per the Census of India 2011, Melanesaneri village had a population of 310. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,931 residents.

Melanesaneri village has 168 males and 142 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melanesaneri has about 845 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 988.

The pincode recorded for Melanesaneri is 625704. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melanesaneri covers 517.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Melanesaneri falls under Thirumangalam tehsil of Madurai district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Melanesaneri is Samayanallur, about 6.0 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 <5 km distance for Melanesaneri.

Melanesaneri is about 11 km from Madurai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melanesaneri is in Thirumangalam tehsil of Madurai district. Paravai is about 5.2 km away. Samayanallur is about 6.0 km away. Madurai is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Keelanesaneri (under 2 km), Vagaikulam (4.2 km) and Pudukulam (10 km).

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

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