About Melakalakudi Village

Melakalakudi is a mid sized village in Papanasam tehsil, in the district of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 996, made up of 529 males and 467 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 883 females per 1000 males. The village covers 260.15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 613501, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melakalakudi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melakalakudi village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thanjavur
Tehsil	Papanasam
Pincode	613501
Area (hectares)	260.15 hectares
Population	996
Male Population	529
Female Population	467
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	883
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Melakalakudi compares

By the 2011 count Melakalakudi is the 77th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,027 residents. Its 260.15 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1008.

Getting to Melakalakudi

Melakalakudi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Melakalakudi 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 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Melakalakudi from other places

Melakalakudi lies about 8.2 km from Thanjavur, and the nearest railway station is Titte, about 4.7 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 Melakalakudi
Nearest railway station	Titte	4.7 km
District headquarters	Thanjavur	8.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Papanasam	15 km

Villages closest to Melakalakudi

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.

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Common questions about Melakalakudi

As per the Census of India 2011, Melakalakudi village had a population of 996. That makes it the 77th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,027 residents.

Melakalakudi village has 529 males and 467 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melakalakudi has about 883 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1008.

The pincode recorded for Melakalakudi is 613501. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melakalakudi covers 260.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Melakalakudi is Titte, about 4.7 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 village for Melakalakudi.

Melakalakudi is about 8.2 km from Thanjavur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melakalakudi is in Papanasam tehsil of Thanjavur district. Titte is about 4.7 km away. Thanjavur is about 8.2 km away. Papanasam is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.