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About Melaneelidanallur Village

Melaneelidanallur is a large village in Sankarankoil tehsil, in the district of Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,813, made up of 1,386 males and 1,427 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,030 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1131.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 627953, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melaneelidanallur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melaneelidanallur village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Tirunelveli
Tehsil Sankarankoil
Pincode 627953
Area (hectares) 1131.66 hectares
Population 2,813
Male Population 1,386
Female Population 1,427
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,030
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Melaneelidanallur compares

By the 2011 count Melaneelidanallur is the 35th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,442 residents. Its 1131.66 hectares work out to about 2.5 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 1034.

Getting to Melaneelidanallur

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

How far is Melaneelidanallur from other places

Melaneelidanallur lies about 24 km from Tirunelveli, and the nearest railway station is Kila Kadaiyam, about 16 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 Melaneelidanallur
Nearest town Ālangulam 2.1 km
Nearest railway station Kila Kadaiyam 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Sankarankoil 24 km
District headquarters Tirunelveli 24 km

Villages closest to Melaneelidanallur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melaneelidanallur village had a population of 2,813. That makes it the 35th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,442 residents.

Melaneelidanallur village has 1,386 males and 1,427 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melaneelidanallur has about 1030 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1034.

The pincode recorded for Melaneelidanallur is 627953. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melaneelidanallur covers 1131.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Melaneelidanallur falls under Sankarankoil tehsil of Tirunelveli district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Melaneelidanallur is Kila Kadaiyam, about 16 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

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

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

Melaneelidanallur is in Sankarankoil tehsil of Tirunelveli district. Ālangulam is about 2.1 km away. Kila Kadaiyam is about 16 km away. Sankarankoil is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Karivalamvandanallur (under 2 km), Keelaneelidanallur (under 2 km) and Ramalingapuram (under 2 km).

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

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