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About Melpappanur Village

Melpappanur is a small village in Manamelkudi tehsil, in the district of Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 275, made up of 139 males and 136 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 978 females per 1000 males. The village covers 136.49 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 614620, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melpappanur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melpappanur village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Pudukkottai
Tehsil Manamelkudi
Pincode 614620
Area (hectares) 136.49 hectares
Population 275
Male Population 139
Female Population 136
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 978
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Melpappanur compares

By the 2011 count Melpappanur is the 46th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,084 residents. Its 136.49 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Melpappanur

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

Melpappanur lies about 56 km from Pudukkottai, and the nearest railway station is Ayingudi, about 24 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 Melpappanur
Tehsil headquarters Manamelkudi 5.5 km
Nearest railway station Ayingudi 24 km
Nearest town Arantāngi 27 km
District headquarters Pudukkottai 56 km

Villages closest to Melpappanur

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.

Common questions about Melpappanur

As per the Census of India 2011, Melpappanur village had a population of 275. That makes it the 46th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,084 residents.

Melpappanur village has 139 males and 136 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melpappanur has about 978 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1020.

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

Melpappanur covers 136.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Melpappanur is Ayingudi, about 24 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Melpappanur.

Melpappanur 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.

Melpappanur is in Manamelkudi tehsil of Pudukkottai district. Manamelkudi is about 5.5 km away. Ayingudi is about 24 km away. Arantāngi is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nelveli (under 2 km), Kilpappanur (under 2 km) and Karakathikkottai (1.5 km).

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

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