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About Melanettur Village

Melanettur is a large village in Manamadurai tehsil, in the district of Sivaganga, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,569, made up of 1,331 males and 1,238 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 930 females per 1000 males. The village covers 667.74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 623702, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melanettur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melanettur village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Sivaganga
Tehsil Manamadurai
Pincode 623702
Area (hectares) 667.74 hectares
Population 2,569
Male Population 1,331
Female Population 1,238
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 930
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Melanettur compares

By the 2011 count Melanettur is the 20th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,857 residents. Its 667.74 hectares work out to about 3.8 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 990.

Getting to Melanettur

Melanettur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Melanettur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Melanettur from other places

Melanettur lies about 25 km from Sivaganga, and the nearest railway station is Sudiyur, about 6.6 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 Melanettur
Nearest railway station Sudiyur 6.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Manamadurai 9.2 km
District headquarters Sivaganga 25 km

Villages closest to Melanettur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melanettur village had a population of 2,569. That makes it the 20th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,857 residents.

Melanettur village has 1,331 males and 1,238 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melanettur has about 930 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Melanettur is 623702. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melanettur covers 667.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Melanettur falls under Manamadurai tehsil of Sivaganga district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Melanettur is Sudiyur, about 6.6 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 km distance for Melanettur.

Melanettur 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.

Melanettur is in Manamadurai tehsil of Sivaganga district. Sudiyur is about 6.6 km away. Manamadurai is about 9.2 km away. Sivaganga is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pottadi Alangulam (2.2 km), T Pudukottai (3.4 km) and S Karaikudi (3.9 km).

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

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