About Megamalai Village

Megamalai is one of the larger villages in Andipatti tehsil, in the district of Theni, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 8,348, made up of 4,303 males and 4,045 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 940 females per 1000 males. The village covers 32198.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 625579, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Megamalai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Megamalai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Theni
Tehsil	Andipatti
Pincode	625579
Area (hectares)	32198.36 hectares
Population	8,348
Male Population	4,303
Female Population	4,045
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	940
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Megamalai compares

By the 2011 count Megamalai is the 9th largest of the 22 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 8,428 residents. Its 32198.36 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 985.

Getting to Megamalai

Megamalai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Megamalai as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Kodaluthu, Kottapatti, Kovilpatti and Kunnur. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Megamalai

As per the Census of India 2011, Megamalai village had a population of 8,348. That makes it the 9th largest of the 22 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 8,428 residents.

Megamalai village has 4,303 males and 4,045 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Megamalai has about 940 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 985.

The pincode recorded for Megamalai is 625579. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Megamalai covers 32198.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Megamalai falls under Andipatti tehsil of Theni district in Tamil Nadu.

The census record for Megamalai notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Megamalai.

Megamalai is in Andipatti tehsil of Theni district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.