About Melaselvanur Village

Melaselvanur is a mid sized village in Kadaladi tehsil, in the district of Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,694, made up of 856 males and 838 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 979 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2116.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 623703, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melaselvanur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melaselvanur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Ramanathapuram
Tehsil	Kadaladi
Pincode	623703
Area (hectares)	2116.62 hectares
Population	1,694
Male Population	856
Female Population	838
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	979
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Melaselvanur compares

By the 2011 count Melaselvanur is the 31st largest of the 40 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 3,262 residents. Its 2116.62 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Melaselvanur

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

Melaselvanur lies about 36 km from Ramanathapuram, and the nearest railway station is Sattirakkudi, about 27 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 Melaselvanur
Tehsil headquarters	Kadaladi	6.0 km
Nearest town	Kilakarai	26 km
Nearest railway station	Sattirakkudi	27 km
District headquarters	Ramanathapuram	36 km

Villages closest to Melaselvanur

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 Melaselvanur

As per the Census of India 2011, Melaselvanur village had a population of 1,694. That makes it the 31st largest of the 40 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,262 residents.

Melaselvanur village has 856 males and 838 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melaselvanur has about 979 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 989.

The pincode recorded for Melaselvanur is 623703. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melaselvanur covers 2116.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Melaselvanur is Sattirakkudi, about 27 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 Melaselvanur.

Melaselvanur is about 36 km from Ramanathapuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melaselvanur is in Kadaladi tehsil of Ramanathapuram district. Kadaladi is about 6.0 km away. Kilakarai is about 26 km away. Sattirakkudi is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.