About Melakidaram Village

Melakidaram is a large village in Kadaladi tehsil, in the district of Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,340, made up of 1,655 males and 1,685 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,018 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2467.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 623528, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melakidaram Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melakidaram village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Ramanathapuram
Tehsil	Kadaladi
Pincode	623528
Area (hectares)	2467.11 hectares
Population	3,340
Male Population	1,655
Female Population	1,685
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,018
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Melakidaram compares

By the 2011 count Melakidaram is the 14th largest of the 40 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 3,262 residents. Its 2467.11 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Melakidaram

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

Melakidaram lies about 32 km from Ramanathapuram, and the nearest railway station is Sattirakkudi, about 26 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 Melakidaram
Tehsil headquarters	Kadaladi	10 km
Nearest town	Kilakarai	22 km
Nearest railway station	Sattirakkudi	26 km
District headquarters	Ramanathapuram	32 km

Villages closest to Melakidaram

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melakidaram village had a population of 3,340. That makes it the 14th largest of the 40 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,262 residents.

Melakidaram village has 1,655 males and 1,685 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melakidaram has about 1018 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Melakidaram is 623528. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melakidaram covers 2467.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Melakidaram falls under Kadaladi tehsil of Ramanathapuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Melakidaram is Sattirakkudi, about 26 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 Melakidaram.

Melakidaram is about 32 km from Ramanathapuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melakidaram is in Kadaladi tehsil of Ramanathapuram district. Kadaladi is about 10 km away. Kilakarai is about 22 km away. Sattirakkudi is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.