About Melaperumpallam Village

Melaperumpallam is a large village in Tharangambadi tehsil, in the district of Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,231, made up of 1,600 males and 1,631 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 559.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 609107, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melaperumpallam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melaperumpallam village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Nagapattinam
Tehsil	Tharangambadi
Pincode	609107
Area (hectares)	559.95 hectares
Population	3,231
Male Population	1,600
Female Population	1,631
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,019
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Melaperumpallam compares

By the 2011 count Melaperumpallam is the 25th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,786 residents. Its 559.95 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1030.

Getting to Melaperumpallam

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

Melaperumpallam lies about 42 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 Melaperumpallam
Nearest railway station	Vithisvarankol	13 km
Nearest town	Sīrkāzhi	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tharangambadi	14 km
District headquarters	Nagapattinam	42 km

Villages closest to Melaperumpallam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melaperumpallam village had a population of 3,231. That makes it the 25th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,786 residents.

Melaperumpallam village has 1,600 males and 1,631 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melaperumpallam has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1030.

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

Melaperumpallam covers 559.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Melaperumpallam falls under Tharangambadi tehsil of Nagapattinam district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Melaperumpallam 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 Melaperumpallam.

Melaperumpallam is about 42 km from Nagapattinam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melaperumpallam is in Tharangambadi tehsil of Nagapattinam district. Vithisvarankol is about 13 km away. Sīrkāzhi is about 13 km away. Tharangambadi is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.