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About Melachirupodhu Village

Melachirupodhu is a mid sized village in Mudukulathur tehsil, in the district of Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,969, made up of 959 males and 1,010 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,053 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1041.86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 623704, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melachirupodhu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melachirupodhu village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Ramanathapuram
Tehsil Mudukulathur
Pincode 623704
Area (hectares) 1041.86 hectares
Population 1,969
Male Population 959
Female Population 1,010
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,053
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Melachirupodhu compares

By the 2011 count Melachirupodhu is the 27th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,349 residents. Its 1041.86 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 1022.

Getting to Melachirupodhu

Melachirupodhu is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Melachirupodhu 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. The nearest villages by name are Keeranur, Kolundurai, Koothadiyendal and Kumarakkurichi. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Melachirupodhu

As per the Census of India 2011, Melachirupodhu village had a population of 1,969. That makes it the 27th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,349 residents.

Melachirupodhu village has 959 males and 1,010 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melachirupodhu has about 1053 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1022.

The pincode recorded for Melachirupodhu is 623704. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melachirupodhu covers 1041.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Melachirupodhu falls under Mudukulathur tehsil of Ramanathapuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The census record for Melachirupodhu notes the nearest railway station 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 Melachirupodhu.

Melachirupodhu is in Mudukulathur tehsil of Ramanathapuram district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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