About Melayur Village

Melayur is a mid sized village in Ilayangudi tehsil, in the district of Sivaganga, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,869, made up of 948 males and 921 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 972 females per 1000 males. The village covers 761.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 630702, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melayur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melayur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Sivaganga
Tehsil	Ilayangudi
Pincode	630702
Area (hectares)	761.42 hectares
Population	1,869
Male Population	948
Female Population	921
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	972
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Melayur compares

By the 2011 count Melayur is the 16th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,657 residents. Its 761.42 hectares work out to about 2.5 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 well below the tehsil average of 1049.

Getting to Melayur

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

Melayur lies about 25 km from Sivaganga, and the nearest railway station is Sudiyur, about 10 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 Melayur
Tehsil headquarters	Ilayangudi	5.9 km
Nearest town	Ilaiyankudi	5.9 km
Nearest railway station	Sudiyur	10 km
District headquarters	Sivaganga	25 km

Villages closest to Melayur

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

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Common questions about Melayur

As per the Census of India 2011, Melayur village had a population of 1,869. That makes it the 16th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,657 residents.

Melayur village has 948 males and 921 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melayur has about 972 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 Melayur is 630702. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melayur covers 761.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Melayur is Sudiyur, about 10 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 Melayur.

Melayur is about 25 km from Sivaganga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melayur is in Ilayangudi tehsil of Sivaganga district. Ilayangudi is about 5.9 km away. Ilaiyankudi is about 5.9 km away. Sudiyur is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.