About Melaiyur Village

Melaiyur is one of the larger villages in Sirkali tehsil, in the district of Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,883, made up of 2,963 males and 2,920 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 985 females per 1000 males. The village covers 616.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 609107, 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	Sirkali
Pincode	609107
Area (hectares)	616.27 hectares
Population	5,883
Male Population	2,963
Female Population	2,920
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	985
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Melaiyur compares

By the 2011 count Melaiyur is the 8th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 3,194 residents. Its 616.27 hectares work out to about 9.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1022.

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 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 Melaiyur from other places

Melaiyur lies about 43 km from Nagapattinam, and the nearest railway station is Vithisvarankol, about 13 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
Tehsil headquarters	Sirkali	13 km
Nearest town	Sīrkāzhi	13 km
Nearest railway station	Vithisvarankol	13 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 Sirkali 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 Melaiyur

As per the Census of India 2011, Melaiyur village had a population of 5,883. That makes it the 8th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,194 residents.

Melaiyur village has 2,963 males and 2,920 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melaiyur has about 985 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 1022.

The pincode recorded for Melaiyur is 609107. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melaiyur covers 616.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Melaiyur is Vithisvarankol, about 13 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 village 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 Sirkali tehsil of Nagapattinam district. Sirkali is about 13 km away. Sīrkāzhi is about 13 km away. Vithisvarankol is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.