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About Melapachchakudi Village

Melapachchakudi is a large village in Iluppur tehsil, in the district of Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,270, made up of 1,080 males and 1,190 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,102 females per 1000 males. The village covers 731.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 621316, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melapachchakudi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melapachchakudi village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Pudukkottai
Tehsil Iluppur
Pincode 621316
Area (hectares) 731.75 hectares
Population 2,270
Male Population 1,080
Female Population 1,190
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,102
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Melapachchakudi compares

By the 2011 count Melapachchakudi is the 34th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,183 residents. Its 731.75 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Melapachchakudi

Melapachchakudi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Melapachchakudi as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Melapachchakudi from other places

Melapachchakudi lies about 38 km from Pudukkottai, and the nearest railway station is Kolatur, about 8.1 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 Melapachchakudi
Nearest railway station Kolatur 8.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Iluppur 16 km
Nearest town Manapparai 20 km
District headquarters Pudukkottai 38 km

Villages closest to Melapachchakudi

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

Common questions about Melapachchakudi

As per the Census of India 2011, Melapachchakudi village had a population of 2,270. That makes it the 34th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,183 residents.

Melapachchakudi village has 1,080 males and 1,190 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melapachchakudi has about 1102 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Melapachchakudi is 621316. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melapachchakudi covers 731.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Melapachchakudi falls under Iluppur tehsil of Pudukkottai district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Melapachchakudi is Kolatur, about 8.1 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 <5 km distance for Melapachchakudi.

Melapachchakudi is about 38 km from Pudukkottai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melapachchakudi is in Iluppur tehsil of Pudukkottai district. Kolatur is about 8.1 km away. Iluppur is about 16 km away. Manapparai is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kumarapatti (2.1 km), Akkalayakkanpatti (2.2 km) and Kathalur (2.5 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Melapachchakudi today is likely to be higher.

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