About Melastanam Village

Melastanam is a large village in Manamelkudi tehsil, in the district of Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,634, made up of 1,297 males and 1,337 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,031 females per 1000 males. The village covers 245.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 614620, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melastanam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melastanam village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Pudukkottai
Tehsil	Manamelkudi
Pincode	614620
Area (hectares)	245.8 hectares
Population	2,634
Male Population	1,297
Female Population	1,337
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,031
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Melastanam compares

By the 2011 count Melastanam is the 6th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,084 residents. Its 245.8 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Melastanam

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

Melastanam lies about 56 km from Pudukkottai, and the nearest railway station is Ayingudi, about 21 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 Melastanam
Tehsil headquarters	Manamelkudi	3.5 km
Nearest railway station	Ayingudi	21 km
Nearest town	Peravurani	24 km
District headquarters	Pudukkottai	56 km

Villages closest to Melastanam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melastanam village had a population of 2,634. That makes it the 6th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,084 residents.

Melastanam village has 1,297 males and 1,337 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melastanam has about 1031 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Melastanam is 614620. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melastanam covers 245.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Melastanam falls under Manamelkudi tehsil of Pudukkottai district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Melastanam is Ayingudi, about 21 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 Melastanam.

Melastanam is about 56 km from Pudukkottai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melastanam is in Manamelkudi tehsil of Pudukkottai district. Manamelkudi is about 3.5 km away. Ayingudi is about 21 km away. Peravurani is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.