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About Melur Village

Melur is a large village in Thirumayam tehsil, in the district of Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,992, made up of 1,466 males and 1,526 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,041 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1018.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 622507, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melur village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Pudukkottai
Tehsil Thirumayam
Pincode 622507
Area (hectares) 1018.9 hectares
Population 2,992
Male Population 1,466
Female Population 1,526
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,041
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Melur compares

By the 2011 count Melur is the 18th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,859 residents. Its 1018.9 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Melur

The census records public bus service for Melur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Melur from other places

Melur lies about 11 km from Pudukkottai, and the nearest railway station is Vellanur, about 2.8 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 Melur
Nearest railway station Vellanur 2.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Thirumayam 11 km
District headquarters Pudukkottai 11 km

Villages closest to Melur

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.

Common questions about Melur

As per the Census of India 2011, Melur village had a population of 2,992. That makes it the 18th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,859 residents.

Melur village has 1,466 males and 1,526 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melur has about 1041 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Melur is 622507. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melur covers 1018.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Melur is Vellanur, about 2.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Melur.

Melur is about 11 km from Pudukkottai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melur is in Thirumayam tehsil of Pudukkottai district. Vellanur is about 2.8 km away. Thirumayam is about 11 km away. Pudukkottai is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nallambal Samudram (6.5 km), Panangudi (6.5 km) and Agavayal (8.6 km).

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

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