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About Melakallurani Village

Melakallurani is a mid sized village in Vilathikulam tehsil, in the district of Thoothukkudi, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,076, made up of 527 males and 549 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,042 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1398.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 629252, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melakallurani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melakallurani village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Thoothukkudi
Tehsil Vilathikulam
Pincode 629252
Area (hectares) 1398.38 hectares
Population 1,076
Male Population 527
Female Population 549
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,042
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Melakallurani compares

By the 2011 count Melakallurani is the 38th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,383 residents. Its 1398.38 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1018.

Getting to Melakallurani

Melakallurani is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Melakallurani as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Malleswarapuram, Mandhikulam, Maniakaranpatti and Marthandampatti. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Melakallurani

As per the Census of India 2011, Melakallurani village had a population of 1,076. That makes it the 38th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,383 residents.

Melakallurani village has 527 males and 549 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melakallurani has about 1042 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1018.

The pincode recorded for Melakallurani is 629252. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melakallurani covers 1398.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Melakallurani falls under Vilathikulam tehsil of Thoothukkudi district in Tamil Nadu.

The census record for Melakallurani notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

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

Melakallurani is in Vilathikulam tehsil of Thoothukkudi district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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