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About Melayakudi Village

Melayakudi is a large village in Paramakudi tehsil, in the district of Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,468, made up of 1,758 males and 1,710 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 973 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1174.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 623707, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melayakudi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melayakudi village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Ramanathapuram
Tehsil Paramakudi
Pincode 623707
Area (hectares) 1174.47 hectares
Population 3,468
Male Population 1,758
Female Population 1,710
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 973
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Melayakudi compares

By the 2011 count Melayakudi is the 7th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,735 residents. Its 1174.47 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 992.

Getting to Melayakudi

The census records public bus service for Melayakudi 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 <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Madanthai, Manakudi, Manjakollai and Manjur. 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 Melayakudi

As per the Census of India 2011, Melayakudi village had a population of 3,468. That makes it the 7th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,735 residents.

Melayakudi village has 1,758 males and 1,710 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melayakudi has about 973 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 992.

The pincode recorded for Melayakudi is 623707. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melayakudi covers 1174.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Melayakudi falls under Paramakudi tehsil of Ramanathapuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The census record for Melayakudi notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 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 Melayakudi.

Melayakudi is in Paramakudi 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 Melayakudi today is likely to be higher.

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