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About Melauppiligundu Village

Melauppiligundu is a mid sized village in Thirumangalam tehsil, in the district of Madurai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,183, made up of 618 males and 565 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 914 females per 1000 males. The village covers 210.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 625022, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melauppiligundu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melauppiligundu village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Madurai
Tehsil Thirumangalam
Pincode 625022
Area (hectares) 210.38 hectares
Population 1,183
Male Population 618
Female Population 565
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 914
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Melauppiligundu compares

By the 2011 count Melauppiligundu is the 51st largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,931 residents. Its 210.38 hectares work out to about 5.6 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 988.

Getting to Melauppiligundu

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

How far is Melauppiligundu from other places

Melauppiligundu lies about 20 km from Madurai, and the nearest railway station is Sivarakottai, about 7.9 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 Melauppiligundu
Nearest railway station Sivarakottai 7.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Thirumangalam 12 km
Nearest town Tirumangalam 12 km
District headquarters Madurai 20 km

Villages closest to Melauppiligundu

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 Melauppiligundu

As per the Census of India 2011, Melauppiligundu village had a population of 1,183. That makes it the 51st largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,931 residents.

Melauppiligundu village has 618 males and 565 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melauppiligundu has about 914 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 988.

The pincode recorded for Melauppiligundu is 625022. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melauppiligundu covers 210.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Melauppiligundu is Sivarakottai, about 7.9 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 <5 km distance for Melauppiligundu.

Melauppiligundu is about 20 km from Madurai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melauppiligundu is in Thirumangalam tehsil of Madurai district. Sivarakottai is about 7.9 km away. Thirumangalam is about 12 km away. Tirumangalam is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kokkulam (under 2 km), Kallanai (under 2 km) and Chinnaulagani (2.9 km).

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

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