About Melur Village

Melur is one of the larger villages in Coonoor tehsil, in the district of The Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 13,244, made up of 6,442 males and 6,802 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,056 females per 1000 males. The village covers 4306.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 643221, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	The Nilgiris
Tehsil	Coonoor
Pincode	643221
Area (hectares)	4306.12 hectares
Population	13,244
Male Population	6,442
Female Population	6,802
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,056
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Melur compares

Its 4306.12 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1073.

Getting to Melur

Melur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Melur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Melur from other places

Melur lies about 17 km from The Nilgiris, and the nearest railway station is Lovedale, about 9.8 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 Melur
Nearest town	Kērkandi	9.4 km
Nearest railway station	Lovedale	9.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Coonoor	12 km
District headquarters	The Nilgiris	17 km

Villages closest to Melur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melur village had a population of 13,244.

Melur village has 6,442 males and 6,802 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melur has about 1056 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1073.

The pincode recorded for Melur is 643221. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melur covers 4306.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Melur falls under Coonoor tehsil of The Nilgiris district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Melur is Lovedale, about 9.8 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 10+ km distance for Melur.

Melur is about 17 km from The Nilgiris in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melur is in Coonoor tehsil of The Nilgiris district. Kērkandi is about 9.4 km away. Lovedale is about 9.8 km away. Coonoor is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.