About Melathuraiyur Village

Melathuraiyur is a mid sized village in Ilayangudi tehsil, in the district of Sivaganga, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,757, made up of 884 males and 873 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 988 females per 1000 males. The village covers 899.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 630709, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melathuraiyur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melathuraiyur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Sivaganga
Tehsil	Ilayangudi
Pincode	630709
Area (hectares)	899.45 hectares
Population	1,757
Male Population	884
Female Population	873
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	988
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Melathuraiyur compares

By the 2011 count Melathuraiyur is the 19th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,657 residents. Its 899.45 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 1049.

Getting to Melathuraiyur

Melathuraiyur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Melathuraiyur 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. The nearest villages by name are Keelayur, Kottaiyur, Kumarakurichi and Kurichi. 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.

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Common questions about Melathuraiyur

As per the Census of India 2011, Melathuraiyur village had a population of 1,757. That makes it the 19th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,657 residents.

Melathuraiyur village has 884 males and 873 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melathuraiyur has about 988 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 1049.

The pincode recorded for Melathuraiyur is 630709. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melathuraiyur covers 899.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Melathuraiyur falls under Ilayangudi tehsil of Sivaganga district in Tamil Nadu.

The census record for Melathuraiyur notes the nearest railway station 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 Melathuraiyur.

Melathuraiyur is in Ilayangudi tehsil of Sivaganga 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.