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About Melalavandhacheri Village

Melalavandhacheri is a mid sized village in Needamangalam tehsil, in the district of Thiruvarur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,648, made up of 839 males and 809 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 964 females per 1000 males. The village covers 380 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 612803, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melalavandhacheri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melalavandhacheri village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Thiruvarur
Tehsil Needamangalam
Pincode 612803
Area (hectares) 380 hectares
Population 1,648
Male Population 839
Female Population 809
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 964
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Melalavandhacheri compares

By the 2011 count Melalavandhacheri is the 28th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,832 residents. Its 380 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Melalavandhacheri

Melalavandhacheri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Melalavandhacheri 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Melalavandhacheri from other places

Melalavandhacheri lies about 20 km from Thiruvarur, and the nearest railway station is Koradacheri, about 5.5 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 Melalavandhacheri
Nearest railway station Koradacheri 5.5 km
Nearest town Koothanallur 6.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Needamangalam 6.7 km
District headquarters Thiruvarur 20 km

Villages closest to Melalavandhacheri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melalavandhacheri village had a population of 1,648. That makes it the 28th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,832 residents.

Melalavandhacheri village has 839 males and 809 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melalavandhacheri has about 964 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Melalavandhacheri is 612803. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melalavandhacheri covers 380 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Melalavandhacheri falls under Needamangalam tehsil of Thiruvarur district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Melalavandhacheri is Koradacheri, about 5.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Melalavandhacheri.

Melalavandhacheri is about 20 km from Thiruvarur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melalavandhacheri is in Needamangalam tehsil of Thiruvarur district. Koradacheri is about 5.5 km away. Koothanallur is about 6.0 km away. Needamangalam is about 6.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pududevangudi (under 2 km), Rishiyur (2.1 km) and Arichapuram (3.0 km).

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

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