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About Melakaveri Village

Melakaveri is a mid sized village in Kumbakonam tehsil, in the district of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,609, made up of 725 males and 884 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,219 females per 1000 males. The village covers 159.09 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 612002, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melakaveri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melakaveri village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Thanjavur
Tehsil Kumbakonam
Pincode 612002
Area (hectares) 159.09 hectares
Population 1,609
Male Population 725
Female Population 884
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,219
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Melakaveri compares

By the 2011 count Melakaveri is the 51st largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,133 residents. Its 159.09 hectares work out to about 10 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Melakaveri

Melakaveri is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Melakaveri 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Melakaveri from other places

Melakaveri lies about 33 km from Thanjavur. 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 Melakaveri
Tehsil headquarters Kumbakonam 2.7 km
District headquarters Thanjavur 33 km

Villages closest to Melakaveri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melakaveri village had a population of 1,609. That makes it the 51st largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,133 residents.

Melakaveri village has 725 males and 884 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melakaveri has about 1219 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Melakaveri is 612002. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melakaveri covers 159.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 10 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Melakaveri falls under Kumbakonam tehsil of Thanjavur district in Tamil Nadu.

The census record for Melakaveri notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Melakaveri.

Melakaveri is about 33 km from Thanjavur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melakaveri is in Kumbakonam tehsil of Thanjavur district. Kumbakonam is about 2.7 km away. Thanjavur is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Muppakoil (under 2 km), Perumandi (under 2 km) and Valaiyapettai (1.9 km).

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

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