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About Melathooval Village

Melathooval is a mid sized village in Mudukulathur tehsil, in the district of Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,015, made up of 465 males and 550 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,183 females per 1000 males. The village covers 696.69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 623716, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melathooval Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melathooval village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Ramanathapuram
Tehsil Mudukulathur
Pincode 623716
Area (hectares) 696.69 hectares
Population 1,015
Male Population 465
Female Population 550
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,183
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Melathooval compares

By the 2011 count Melathooval is the 37th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,349 residents. Its 696.69 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 Melathooval

Melathooval is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Melathooval as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Manaloor, Melachirupodhu, Melakodumalur and Melakulam. 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 Melathooval

As per the Census of India 2011, Melathooval village had a population of 1,015. That makes it the 37th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,349 residents.

Melathooval village has 465 males and 550 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melathooval has about 1183 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1022.

The pincode recorded for Melathooval is 623716. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melathooval covers 696.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The census record for Melathooval notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Melathooval.

Melathooval 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 Melathooval today is likely to be higher.

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