About Melapatti Village

Melapatti is a large village in Tirupathur tehsil, in the district of Sivaganga, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,272, made up of 1,152 males and 1,120 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 972 females per 1000 males. The village covers 956.33 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 630502, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melapatti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melapatti village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Sivaganga
Tehsil	Tirupathur
Pincode	630502
Area (hectares)	956.33 hectares
Population	2,272
Male Population	1,152
Female Population	1,120
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 Melapatti compares

By the 2011 count Melapatti is the 42nd largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,291 residents. Its 956.33 hectares work out to about 2.4 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 a little below the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Melapatti

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

Melapatti lies about 24 km from Sivaganga, and the nearest railway station is Silaiman, about 20 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 Melapatti
Nearest town	Melur	4.3 km
Nearest railway station	Silaiman	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tirupathur	24 km
District headquarters	Sivaganga	24 km

Villages closest to Melapatti

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melapatti village had a population of 2,272. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,291 residents.

Melapatti village has 1,152 males and 1,120 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melapatti has about 972 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Melapatti is 630502. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melapatti covers 956.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Melapatti falls under Tirupathur tehsil of Sivaganga district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Melapatti is Silaiman, about 20 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 Melapatti.

Melapatti is about 24 km from Sivaganga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melapatti is in Tirupathur tehsil of Sivaganga district. Melur is about 4.3 km away. Silaiman is about 20 km away. Tirupathur is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.