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About Melaiyur Village

Melaiyur is a large village in Kuthalam tehsil, in the district of Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,281, made up of 1,083 males and 1,198 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,106 females per 1000 males. The village covers 270.49 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 609808, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melaiyur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melaiyur village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Nagapattinam
Tehsil Kuthalam
Pincode 609808
Area (hectares) 270.49 hectares
Population 2,281
Male Population 1,083
Female Population 1,198
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,106
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Melaiyur compares

By the 2011 count Melaiyur is the 19th largest of the 55 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,106 residents. Its 270.49 hectares work out to about 8.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1031.

Getting to Melaiyur

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

Melaiyur lies about 43 km from Nagapattinam, and the nearest railway station is Kuthalam, about 2.9 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 Melaiyur
Nearest railway station Kuthalam 2.9 km
Nearest town Mayiladuthurai 11 km
District headquarters Nagapattinam 43 km

Villages closest to Melaiyur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melaiyur village had a population of 2,281. That makes it the 19th largest of the 55 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,106 residents.

Melaiyur village has 1,083 males and 1,198 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melaiyur has about 1106 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1031.

The pincode recorded for Melaiyur is 609808. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melaiyur covers 270.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Melaiyur falls under Kuthalam tehsil of Nagapattinam district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Melaiyur is Kuthalam, about 2.9 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 Melaiyur.

Melaiyur is about 43 km from Nagapattinam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melaiyur is in Kuthalam tehsil of Nagapattinam district. Kuthalam is about 2.9 km away. Mayiladuthurai is about 11 km away. Nagapattinam is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Melaiyur Thulasenthirapuram (under 2 km), Inam Senniyanallur (under 2 km) and Senniayanallur (under 2 km).

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

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