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About Melakorukkai Village

Melakorukkai is a large village in Kumbakonam tehsil, in the district of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,521, made up of 1,253 males and 1,268 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,012 females per 1000 males. The village covers 299.78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 612401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melakorukkai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melakorukkai village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Thanjavur
Tehsil Kumbakonam
Pincode 612401
Area (hectares) 299.78 hectares
Population 2,521
Male Population 1,253
Female Population 1,268
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,012
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Melakorukkai compares

By the 2011 count Melakorukkai is the 30th largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,133 residents. Its 299.78 hectares work out to about 8.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Melakorukkai

Melakorukkai 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 Melakorukkai 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 Melakorukkai from other places

Melakorukkai lies about 31 km from Thanjavur, and the nearest railway station is Kumbakonam, about 3.0 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 Melakorukkai
Nearest railway station Kumbakonam 3.0 km
District headquarters Thanjavur 31 km

Villages closest to Melakorukkai

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 Melakorukkai

As per the Census of India 2011, Melakorukkai village had a population of 2,521. That makes it the 30th largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,133 residents.

Melakorukkai village has 1,253 males and 1,268 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melakorukkai has about 1012 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Melakorukkai is 612401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melakorukkai covers 299.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Melakorukkai is Kumbakonam, about 3.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it 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 Melakorukkai.

Melakorukkai is about 31 km from Thanjavur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melakorukkai is in Kumbakonam tehsil of Thanjavur district. Kumbakonam is about 3.0 km away. Thanjavur is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Keelakorukkai (under 2 km), Seshambadi (1.5 km) and Palaiyanallur (1.6 km).

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

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