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About Melur Village

Melur is a mid sized village in Yercaud tehsil, in the district of Salem, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 556, made up of 275 males and 281 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,022 females per 1000 males. The village covers 230.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 636602, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melur village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Salem
Tehsil Yercaud
Pincode 636602
Area (hectares) 230.53 hectares
Population 556
Male Population 275
Female Population 281
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,022
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 Melur compares

By the 2011 count Melur is the 25th largest of the 60 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 504 residents. Its 230.53 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 992.

Getting to Melur

Melur is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Melur 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Melur from other places

Melur lies about 26 km from Salem, and the nearest railway station is Lokur, about 12 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 Melur
Tehsil headquarters Yercaud 11 km
Nearest railway station Lokur 12 km
Nearest town Pallippatti 17 km
District headquarters Salem 26 km

Villages closest to Melur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melur village had a population of 556. That makes it the 25th largest of the 60 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 504 residents.

Melur village has 275 males and 281 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melur has about 1022 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 992.

The pincode recorded for Melur is 636602. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melur covers 230.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Melur falls under Yercaud tehsil of Salem district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Melur is Lokur, about 12 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Melur.

Melur is about 26 km from Salem in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melur is in Yercaud tehsil of Salem district. Yercaud is about 11 km away. Lokur is about 12 km away. Pallippatti is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nallur (1.6 km), Solur (3.3 km) and Mundachedu (3.4 km).

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

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