About Melapandiyapuram Village

Melapandiyapuram is a mid sized village in Ottapidaram tehsil, in the district of Thoothukkudi, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 766, made up of 386 males and 380 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 984 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1300.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 628308, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melapandiyapuram Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melapandiyapuram village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thoothukkudi
Tehsil	Ottapidaram
Pincode	628308
Area (hectares)	1300.38 hectares
Population	766
Male Population	386
Female Population	380
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	984
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Melapandiyapuram compares

By the 2011 count Melapandiyapuram is the 53rd largest of the 63 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,831 residents. Its 1300.38 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Melapandiyapuram

Melapandiyapuram 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 Melapandiyapuram 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Melapandiyapuram from other places

Melapandiyapuram lies about 24 km from Thoothukkudi, and the nearest railway station is Pandiyapuram, 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 Melapandiyapuram
Nearest railway station	Pandiyapuram	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ottapidaram	11 km
Nearest town	Milavittan	17 km
District headquarters	Thoothukkudi	24 km

Villages closest to Melapandiyapuram

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melapandiyapuram village had a population of 766. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 63 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,831 residents.

Melapandiyapuram village has 386 males and 380 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melapandiyapuram has about 984 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 1004.

The pincode recorded for Melapandiyapuram is 628308. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melapandiyapuram covers 1300.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Melapandiyapuram falls under Ottapidaram tehsil of Thoothukkudi district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Melapandiyapuram is Pandiyapuram, 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Melapandiyapuram.

Melapandiyapuram is about 24 km from Thoothukkudi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melapandiyapuram is in Ottapidaram tehsil of Thoothukkudi district. Pandiyapuram is about under 2 km away. Ottapidaram is about 11 km away. Milavittan is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.