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About Melamudukulathur Village

Melamudukulathur is a large village in Mudukulathur tehsil, in the district of Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,589, made up of 1,314 males and 1,275 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 970 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1431.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 623704, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melamudukulathur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melamudukulathur village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Ramanathapuram
Tehsil Mudukulathur
Pincode 623704
Area (hectares) 1431.12 hectares
Population 2,589
Male Population 1,314
Female Population 1,275
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 970
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Melamudukulathur compares

By the 2011 count Melamudukulathur is the 17th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,349 residents. Its 1431.12 hectares work out to about 1.8 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, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1022.

Getting to Melamudukulathur

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

Melamudukulathur lies about 35 km from Ramanathapuram, and the nearest railway station is Sattirakkudi, about 22 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 Melamudukulathur
Tehsil headquarters Mudukulathur under 2 km
Nearest railway station Sattirakkudi 22 km
Nearest town Paramagudi 24 km
District headquarters Ramanathapuram 35 km

Villages closest to Melamudukulathur

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.

Common questions about Melamudukulathur

As per the Census of India 2011, Melamudukulathur village had a population of 2,589. That makes it the 17th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,349 residents.

Melamudukulathur village has 1,314 males and 1,275 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melamudukulathur has about 970 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1022.

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

Melamudukulathur covers 1431.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Melamudukulathur is Sattirakkudi, about 22 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 Melamudukulathur.

Melamudukulathur is about 35 km from Ramanathapuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melamudukulathur is in Mudukulathur tehsil of Ramanathapuram district. Mudukulathur is about under 2 km away. Sattirakkudi is about 22 km away. Paramagudi is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kandilan (3.2 km), Chithirangudi (4.3 km) and Sonaipiriyankottai (5.3 km).

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

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