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About Melakottai Village

Melakottai is one of the larger villages in Thirumangalam tehsil, in the district of Madurai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,156, made up of 2,564 males and 2,592 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,011 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1019.24 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 625706, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melakottai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melakottai village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Madurai
Tehsil Thirumangalam
Pincode 625706
Area (hectares) 1019.24 hectares
Population 5,156
Male Population 2,564
Female Population 2,592
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,011
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Melakottai compares

By the 2011 count Melakottai is the 5th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,931 residents. Its 1019.24 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 988.

Getting to Melakottai

Melakottai is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Melakottai as Available within <5 km distance. 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. The nearest villages by name are Maikkudi, Maithanpatti, Mallampatti and Maravankulam. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Melakottai

As per the Census of India 2011, Melakottai village had a population of 5,156. That makes it the 5th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,931 residents.

Melakottai village has 2,564 males and 2,592 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melakottai has about 1011 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 988.

The pincode recorded for Melakottai is 625706. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melakottai covers 1019.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Melakottai notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Melakottai.

Melakottai is in Thirumangalam tehsil of Madurai district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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