About Melapavoor Village

Melapavoor is a large village in Tenkasi tehsil, in the district of Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,820, made up of 2,346 males and 2,474 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,055 females per 1000 males. The village covers 879.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 627806, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melapavoor Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melapavoor village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tirunelveli
Tehsil	Tenkasi
Pincode	627806
Area (hectares)	879.5 hectares
Population	4,820
Male Population	2,346
Female Population	2,474
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,055
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Melapavoor compares

By the 2011 count Melapavoor is the 13th largest of the 26 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 6,589 residents. Its 879.5 hectares work out to about 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1087.

Getting to Melapavoor

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

Melapavoor lies about 41 km from Tirunelveli, and the nearest railway station is Pavurchutram, about 3.6 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 Melapavoor
Nearest railway station	Pavurchutram	3.6 km
Nearest town	Sūrandai	5.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tenkasi	7.4 km
District headquarters	Tirunelveli	41 km

Villages closest to Melapavoor

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melapavoor village had a population of 4,820. That makes it the 13th largest of the 26 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 6,589 residents.

Melapavoor village has 2,346 males and 2,474 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melapavoor has about 1055 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1087.

The pincode recorded for Melapavoor is 627806. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melapavoor covers 879.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Melapavoor falls under Tenkasi tehsil of Tirunelveli district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Melapavoor is Pavurchutram, about 3.6 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 Melapavoor.

Melapavoor is about 41 km from Tirunelveli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melapavoor is in Tenkasi tehsil of Tirunelveli district. Pavurchutram is about 3.6 km away. Sūrandai is about 5.2 km away. Tenkasi is about 7.4 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.