About Melakulam Village

Melakulam is a mid sized village in Mudukulathur tehsil, in the district of Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,778, made up of 860 males and 918 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,067 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1098.17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 623704, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melakulam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melakulam village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Ramanathapuram
Tehsil	Mudukulathur
Pincode	623704
Area (hectares)	1098.17 hectares
Population	1,778
Male Population	860
Female Population	918
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,067
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Melakulam compares

By the 2011 count Melakulam is the 30th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,349 residents. Its 1098.17 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1022.

Getting to Melakulam

Melakulam is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Melakulam as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Melakulam from other places

Melakulam lies about 49 km from Ramanathapuram, and the nearest railway station is Paramakkudi, about 36 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 Melakulam
Tehsil headquarters	Mudukulathur	15 km
Nearest railway station	Paramakkudi	36 km
Nearest town	Paramagudi	37 km
District headquarters	Ramanathapuram	49 km

Villages closest to Melakulam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melakulam village had a population of 1,778. That makes it the 30th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,349 residents.

Melakulam village has 860 males and 918 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melakulam has about 1067 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1022.

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

Melakulam covers 1098.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Melakulam is Paramakkudi, about 36 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 5 - 10 km distance for Melakulam.

Melakulam is about 49 km from Ramanathapuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melakulam is in Mudukulathur tehsil of Ramanathapuram district. Mudukulathur is about 15 km away. Paramakkudi is about 36 km away. Paramagudi is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.