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About Melakabisthalam Village

Melakabisthalam is a large village in Papanasam tehsil, in the district of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,081, made up of 1,030 males and 1,051 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,020 females per 1000 males. The village covers 78.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 614203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melakabisthalam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melakabisthalam village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Thanjavur
Tehsil Papanasam
Pincode 614203
Area (hectares) 78.47 hectares
Population 2,081
Male Population 1,030
Female Population 1,051
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,020
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Melakabisthalam compares

By the 2011 count Melakabisthalam is the 39th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,027 residents. Its 78.47 hectares work out to about 27 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1008.

Getting to Melakabisthalam

Melakabisthalam 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 Melakabisthalam 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 Melakabisthalam from other places

Melakabisthalam lies about 22 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 Melakabisthalam
Tehsil headquarters Papanasam 2.7 km
Nearest town Kumbakonam 15 km
District headquarters Thanjavur 22 km

Villages closest to Melakabisthalam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melakabisthalam village had a population of 2,081. That makes it the 39th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,027 residents.

Melakabisthalam village has 1,030 males and 1,051 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melakabisthalam has about 1020 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1008.

The pincode recorded for Melakabisthalam is 614203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melakabisthalam covers 78.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 27 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Melakabisthalam falls under Papanasam tehsil of Thanjavur district in Tamil Nadu.

The census record for Melakabisthalam 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 Melakabisthalam.

Melakabisthalam is about 22 km from Thanjavur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melakabisthalam is in Papanasam tehsil of Thanjavur district. Papanasam is about 2.7 km away. Kumbakonam is about 15 km away. Thanjavur is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kabisthalam (under 2 km), Umbalapadi (under 2 km) and Sarukkai (1.8 km).

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

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