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About Melamanakkudi Village

Melamanakkudi is a large village in Karaikkudi tehsil, in the district of Sivaganga, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,485, made up of 1,275 males and 1,210 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 949 females per 1000 males. The village covers 843.76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 630108, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melamanakkudi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melamanakkudi village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Sivaganga
Tehsil Karaikkudi
Pincode 630108
Area (hectares) 843.76 hectares
Population 2,485
Male Population 1,275
Female Population 1,210
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 949
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Melamanakkudi compares

By the 2011 count Melamanakkudi is the 18th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,946 residents. Its 843.76 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1031.

Getting to Melamanakkudi

Melamanakkudi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Melamanakkudi as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Melamanakkudi from other places

Melamanakkudi lies about 48 km from Sivaganga, and the nearest railway station is Kandanur Puduvayal, about 3.7 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 Melamanakkudi
Nearest railway station Kandanur Puduvayal 3.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Karaikkudi 9.6 km
Nearest town Kāraikkudi 9.6 km
District headquarters Sivaganga 48 km

Villages closest to Melamanakkudi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melamanakkudi village had a population of 2,485. That makes it the 18th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,946 residents.

Melamanakkudi village has 1,275 males and 1,210 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melamanakkudi has about 949 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1031.

The pincode recorded for Melamanakkudi is 630108. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melamanakkudi covers 843.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Melamanakkudi falls under Karaikkudi tehsil of Sivaganga district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Melamanakkudi is Kandanur Puduvayal, about 3.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Melamanakkudi.

Melamanakkudi is about 48 km from Sivaganga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melamanakkudi is in Karaikkudi tehsil of Sivaganga district. Kandanur Puduvayal is about 3.7 km away. Karaikkudi is about 9.6 km away. Kāraikkudi is about 9.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kulappadi (under 2 km), Sakkottai (1.8 km) and Kandanur (4.4 km).

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

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