About Melamarathur Village

Melamarathur is a mid sized village in Thiruthuraipoondi tehsil, in the district of Thiruvarur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,538, made up of 756 males and 782 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,034 females per 1000 males. The village covers 672.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 614716, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melamarathur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melamarathur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thiruvarur
Tehsil	Thiruthuraipoondi
Pincode	614716
Area (hectares)	672.06 hectares
Population	1,538
Male Population	756
Female Population	782
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,034
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Melamarathur compares

By the 2011 count Melamarathur is the 47th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,282 residents. Its 672.06 hectares work out to about 2.3 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 1040.

Getting to Melamarathur

Melamarathur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Melamarathur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Melamarathur from other places

Melamarathur lies about 21 km from Thiruvarur. 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 Melamarathur
Nearest town	Mannargudi	8.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Thiruthuraipoondi	17 km
District headquarters	Thiruvarur	21 km

Villages closest to Melamarathur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melamarathur village had a population of 1,538. That makes it the 47th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,282 residents.

Melamarathur village has 756 males and 782 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melamarathur has about 1034 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1040.

The pincode recorded for Melamarathur is 614716. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melamarathur covers 672.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Melamarathur falls under Thiruthuraipoondi tehsil of Thiruvarur district in Tamil Nadu.

The census record for Melamarathur notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Melamarathur.

Melamarathur is about 21 km from Thiruvarur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melamarathur is in Thiruthuraipoondi tehsil of Thiruvarur district. Mannargudi is about 8.2 km away. Thiruthuraipoondi is about 17 km away. Thiruvarur is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.