About Melapattu Village

Melapattu is a large village in Aranthangi tehsil, in the district of Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,616, made up of 1,295 males and 1,321 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,020 females per 1000 males. The village covers 663.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 614616, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melapattu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melapattu village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Pudukkottai
Tehsil	Aranthangi
Pincode	614616
Area (hectares)	663.27 hectares
Population	2,616
Male Population	1,295
Female Population	1,321
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,020
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Melapattu compares

By the 2011 count Melapattu is the 22nd largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,581 residents. Its 663.27 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1060.

Getting to Melapattu

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

Melapattu lies about 34 km from Pudukkottai, and the nearest railway station is Arantangi, about 3.5 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 Melapattu
Nearest railway station	Arantangi	3.5 km
Nearest town	Arantāngi	4.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Aranthangi	34 km
District headquarters	Pudukkottai	34 km

Villages closest to Melapattu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melapattu village had a population of 2,616. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,581 residents.

Melapattu village has 1,295 males and 1,321 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melapattu has about 1020 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1060.

The pincode recorded for Melapattu is 614616. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melapattu covers 663.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Melapattu falls under Aranthangi tehsil of Pudukkottai district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Melapattu is Arantangi, about 3.5 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 Melapattu.

Melapattu is about 34 km from Pudukkottai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melapattu is in Aranthangi tehsil of Pudukkottai district. Arantangi is about 3.5 km away. Arantāngi is about 4.8 km away. Aranthangi is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.