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About Melathirumadhikkunam Village

Melathirumadhikkunam is a mid sized village in Kodavasal tehsil, in the district of Thiruvarur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,472, made up of 741 males and 731 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 987 females per 1000 males. The village covers 287.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 613701, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melathirumadhikkunam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melathirumadhikkunam village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Thiruvarur
Tehsil Kodavasal
Pincode 613701
Area (hectares) 287.3 hectares
Population 1,472
Male Population 741
Female Population 731
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 987
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Melathirumadhikkunam compares

By the 2011 count Melathirumadhikkunam is the 52nd largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,821 residents. Its 287.3 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 992.

Getting to Melathirumadhikkunam

Melathirumadhikkunam 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 Melathirumadhikkunam as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Melathirumadhikkunam from other places

Melathirumadhikkunam lies about 9.8 km from Thiruvarur, and the nearest railway station is Tirumanthikunam, about under 2 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 Melathirumadhikkunam
Nearest railway station Tirumanthikunam under 2 km
Nearest town Koothanallur 6.4 km
District headquarters Thiruvarur 9.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Kodavasal 13 km

Villages closest to Melathirumadhikkunam

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

Common questions about Melathirumadhikkunam

As per the Census of India 2011, Melathirumadhikkunam village had a population of 1,472. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,821 residents.

Melathirumadhikkunam village has 741 males and 731 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melathirumadhikkunam has about 987 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 992.

The pincode recorded for Melathirumadhikkunam is 613701. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melathirumadhikkunam covers 287.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Melathirumadhikkunam falls under Kodavasal tehsil of Thiruvarur district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Melathirumadhikkunam is Tirumanthikunam, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Melathirumadhikkunam.

Melathirumadhikkunam is about 9.8 km from Thiruvarur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melathirumadhikkunam is in Kodavasal tehsil of Thiruvarur district. Tirumanthikunam is about under 2 km away. Koothanallur is about 6.4 km away. Thiruvarur is about 9.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Thiyagarajapuram (under 2 km), Athicholamangalam (2.5 km) and Kankoduthavanitham (2.5 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Melathirumadhikkunam today is likely to be higher.

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