About Melakattur Village

Melakattur is a large village in Thiruvidaimarudur tehsil, in the district of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,150, made up of 1,049 males and 1,101 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,050 females per 1000 males. The village covers 299.56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 609807, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melakattur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melakattur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thanjavur
Tehsil	Thiruvidaimarudur
Pincode	609807
Area (hectares)	299.56 hectares
Population	2,150
Male Population	1,049
Female Population	1,101
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,050
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Melakattur compares

By the 2011 count Melakattur is the 30th largest of the 71 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,330 residents. Its 299.56 hectares work out to about 7.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1001.

Getting to Melakattur

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

Melakattur lies about 10 km from Thanjavur, and the nearest railway station is Kudikadu, about 5.8 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 Melakattur
Nearest railway station	Kudikadu	5.8 km
Nearest town	Nānjikkottai	8.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Thiruvidaimarudur	10 km
District headquarters	Thanjavur	10 km

Villages closest to Melakattur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melakattur village had a population of 2,150. That makes it the 30th largest of the 71 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,330 residents.

Melakattur village has 1,049 males and 1,101 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melakattur has about 1050 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1001.

The pincode recorded for Melakattur is 609807. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melakattur covers 299.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Melakattur falls under Thiruvidaimarudur tehsil of Thanjavur district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Melakattur is Kudikadu, about 5.8 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 Melakattur.

Melakattur is about 10 km from Thanjavur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melakattur is in Thiruvidaimarudur tehsil of Thanjavur district. Kudikadu is about 5.8 km away. Nānjikkottai is about 8.0 km away. Thiruvidaimarudur is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.