About Melathanian Village

Melathanian is a large village in Ponnamaravathi tehsil, in the district of Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,454, made up of 1,170 males and 1,284 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,097 females per 1000 males. The village covers 953.63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 622002, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melathanian Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melathanian village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Pudukkottai
Tehsil	Ponnamaravathi
Pincode	622002
Area (hectares)	953.63 hectares
Population	2,454
Male Population	1,170
Female Population	1,284
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,097
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Melathanian compares

By the 2011 count Melathanian is the 11th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,955 residents. Its 953.63 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1027.

Getting to Melathanian

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

Melathanian lies about 26 km from Pudukkottai, and the nearest railway station is Namanasamudram, 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 Melathanian
Nearest railway station	Namanasamudram	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ponnamaravathi	26 km
District headquarters	Pudukkottai	26 km

Villages closest to Melathanian

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melathanian village had a population of 2,454. That makes it the 11th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,955 residents.

Melathanian village has 1,170 males and 1,284 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melathanian has about 1097 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1027.

The pincode recorded for Melathanian is 622002. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melathanian covers 953.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Melathanian falls under Ponnamaravathi tehsil of Pudukkottai district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Melathanian is Namanasamudram, 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Melathanian.

Melathanian is about 26 km from Pudukkottai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melathanian is in Ponnamaravathi tehsil of Pudukkottai district. Namanasamudram is about 24 km away. Ponnamaravathi is about 26 km away. Pudukkottai is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.