About Melpakkam Village

Melpakkam is a mid sized village in Ambattur tehsil, in the district of Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 518, made up of 259 males and 259 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 94.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 600055, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melpakkam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melpakkam village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thiruvallur
Tehsil	Ambattur
Pincode	600055
Area (hectares)	94.3 hectares
Population	518
Male Population	259
Female Population	259
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10 km distance

How Melpakkam compares

By the 2011 count Melpakkam is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 4,507 residents. Its 94.3 hectares work out to about 5.5 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 986.

Getting to Melpakkam

Melpakkam is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Melpakkam 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 Melpakkam from other places

Melpakkam lies about 18 km from Thiruvallur, and the nearest railway station is Pattabiram E Depot, about 3.8 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 Melpakkam
Nearest railway station	Pattabiram E Depot	3.8 km
Nearest town	Avadi	8.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ambattur	14 km
District headquarters	Thiruvallur	18 km

Villages closest to Melpakkam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melpakkam village had a population of 518. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,507 residents.

Melpakkam village has 259 males and 259 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melpakkam has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Melpakkam is 600055. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melpakkam covers 94.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Melpakkam falls under Ambattur tehsil of Thiruvallur district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Melpakkam is Pattabiram E Depot, about 3.8 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 Melpakkam.

Melpakkam is about 18 km from Thiruvallur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melpakkam is in Ambattur tehsil of Thiruvallur district. Pattabiram E Depot is about 3.8 km away. Avadi is about 8.5 km away. Ambattur is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.