About Melapunavasal Village

Melapunavasal is a mid sized village in Thiruvaiyaru tehsil, in the district of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,510, made up of 754 males and 756 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,003 females per 1000 males. The village covers 361.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 613204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melapunavasal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melapunavasal village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thanjavur
Tehsil	Thiruvaiyaru
Pincode	613204
Area (hectares)	361.3 hectares
Population	1,510
Male Population	754
Female Population	756
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,003
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Melapunavasal compares

By the 2011 count Melapunavasal is the 51st largest of the 75 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,968 residents. Its 361.3 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1016.

Getting to Melapunavasal

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

Melapunavasal lies about 15 km from Thanjavur, and the nearest railway station is Pasupatikovil, about 13 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 Melapunavasal
Tehsil headquarters	Thiruvaiyaru	3.7 km
Nearest railway station	Pasupatikovil	13 km
District headquarters	Thanjavur	15 km

Villages closest to Melapunavasal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melapunavasal village had a population of 1,510. That makes it the 51st largest of the 75 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,968 residents.

Melapunavasal village has 754 males and 756 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melapunavasal has about 1003 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1016.

The pincode recorded for Melapunavasal is 613204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melapunavasal covers 361.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Melapunavasal falls under Thiruvaiyaru tehsil of Thanjavur district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Melapunavasal is Pasupatikovil, about 13 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 Melapunavasal.

Melapunavasal is about 15 km from Thanjavur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melapunavasal is in Thiruvaiyaru tehsil of Thanjavur district. Thiruvaiyaru is about 3.7 km away. Pasupatikovil is about 13 km away. Thanjavur is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.