About Melaiyur Village

Melaiyur is a large village in Tharangambadi tehsil, in the district of Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,061, made up of 993 males and 1,068 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,076 females per 1000 males. The village covers 241.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 609304, 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	Tharangambadi
Pincode	609304
Area (hectares)	241.68 hectares
Population	2,061
Male Population	993
Female Population	1,068
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,076
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Melaiyur compares

By the 2011 count Melaiyur is the 38th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,786 residents. Its 241.68 hectares work out to about 8.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1030.

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 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 Vithisvarankol, about 14 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 town	Sīrkāzhi	13 km
Nearest railway station	Vithisvarankol	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tharangambadi	14 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 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 Melaiyur

As per the Census of India 2011, Melaiyur village had a population of 2,061. That makes it the 38th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,786 residents.

Melaiyur village has 993 males and 1,068 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melaiyur has about 1076 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1030.

The pincode recorded for Melaiyur is 609304. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melaiyur covers 241.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Melaiyur is Vithisvarankol, about 14 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 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 Tharangambadi tehsil of Nagapattinam district. Sīrkāzhi is about 13 km away. Vithisvarankol is about 14 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.