About Melandur Village

Melandur is a mid sized village in Uthukkottai tehsil, in the district of Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,886, made up of 894 males and 992 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,110 females per 1000 males. The village covers 553.93 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 601103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melandur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melandur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thiruvallur
Tehsil	Uthukkottai
Pincode	601103
Area (hectares)	553.93 hectares
Population	1,886
Male Population	894
Female Population	992
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,110
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 15 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 25 km distance

How Melandur compares

By the 2011 count Melandur is the 24th largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,524 residents. Its 553.93 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1028.

Getting to Melandur

Melandur 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 Melandur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 15 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 25 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Melandur from other places

Melandur lies about 7.8 km from Thiruvallur, and the nearest railway station is Sevvapet Road, about 8.9 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 Melandur
District headquarters	Thiruvallur	7.8 km
Nearest town	Tiruvallur	7.8 km
Nearest railway station	Sevvapet Road	8.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Uthukkottai	16 km

Villages closest to Melandur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melandur village had a population of 1,886. That makes it the 24th largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,524 residents.

Melandur village has 894 males and 992 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melandur has about 1110 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1028.

The pincode recorded for Melandur is 601103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melandur covers 553.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Melandur falls under Uthukkottai tehsil of Thiruvallur district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Melandur is Sevvapet Road, about 8.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 25 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 15 km distance for Melandur.

Melandur is about 7.8 km from Thiruvallur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melandur is in Uthukkottai tehsil of Thiruvallur district. Thiruvallur is about 7.8 km away. Tiruvallur is about 7.8 km away. Sevvapet Road is about 8.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.