About Melur Village

Melur is a small village in Rasipuram tehsil, in the district of Namakkal, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 72, made up of 33 males and 39 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,182 females per 1000 males. The village covers 88.18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 637408, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Namakkal
Tehsil	Rasipuram
Pincode	637408
Area (hectares)	88.18 hectares
Population	72
Male Population	33
Female Population	39
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,182
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Melur compares

By the 2011 count Melur is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,246 residents. Its 88.18 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 955.

Getting to Melur

Melur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Melur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Melur from other places

Melur lies about 36 km from Namakkal, and the nearest railway station is Mallur, about 8.4 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 Melur
Nearest railway station	Mallur	8.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rasipuram	9.6 km
District headquarters	Namakkal	36 km

Villages closest to Melur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melur village had a population of 72. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,246 residents.

Melur village has 33 males and 39 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melur has about 1182 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 955.

The pincode recorded for Melur is 637408. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melur covers 88.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Melur falls under Rasipuram tehsil of Namakkal district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Melur is Mallur, about 8.4 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Melur.

Melur is about 36 km from Namakkal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melur is in Rasipuram tehsil of Namakkal district. Mallur is about 8.4 km away. Rasipuram is about 9.6 km away. Namakkal is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.