About Melappanaiyur Village

Melappanaiyur is a large village in Thirumayam tehsil, in the district of Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,885, made up of 2,466 males and 2,419 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 981 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1442.09 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 622412, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melappanaiyur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melappanaiyur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Pudukkottai
Tehsil	Thirumayam
Pincode	622412
Area (hectares)	1442.09 hectares
Population	4,885
Male Population	2,466
Female Population	2,419
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	981
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Melappanaiyur compares

By the 2011 count Melappanaiyur is the 6th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,859 residents. Its 1442.09 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Melappanaiyur

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

Melappanaiyur lies about 18 km from Pudukkottai, and the nearest railway station is Namanasamudram, about 11 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 Melappanaiyur
Nearest railway station	Namanasamudram	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Thirumayam	18 km
District headquarters	Pudukkottai	18 km

Villages closest to Melappanaiyur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melappanaiyur village had a population of 4,885. That makes it the 6th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,859 residents.

Melappanaiyur village has 2,466 males and 2,419 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melappanaiyur has about 981 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Melappanaiyur is 622412. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melappanaiyur covers 1442.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Melappanaiyur falls under Thirumayam tehsil of Pudukkottai district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Melappanaiyur is Namanasamudram, about 11 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 Melappanaiyur.

Melappanaiyur is about 18 km from Pudukkottai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melappanaiyur is in Thirumayam tehsil of Pudukkottai district. Namanasamudram is about 11 km away. Thirumayam is about 18 km away. Pudukkottai is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.