About Merkupathi Village

Merkupathi is a large village in Avanashi tehsil, in the district of Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,977, made up of 1,497 males and 1,480 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 989 females per 1000 males. The village covers 759.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 638103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Merkupathi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Merkupathi village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tiruppur
Tehsil	Avanashi
Pincode	638103
Area (hectares)	759.05 hectares
Population	2,977
Male Population	1,497
Female Population	1,480
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	989
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Merkupathi compares

By the 2011 count Merkupathi is the 21st largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,522 residents. Its 759.05 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 995.

Getting to Merkupathi

Merkupathi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Merkupathi as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Merkupathi from other places

Merkupathi lies about 30 km from Tiruppur, and the nearest railway station is Koolipalayam, about 28 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 Merkupathi
Nearest town	Sathyamangalam	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Avanashi	22 km
Nearest railway station	Koolipalayam	28 km
District headquarters	Tiruppur	30 km

Villages closest to Merkupathi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Merkupathi village had a population of 2,977. That makes it the 21st largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,522 residents.

Merkupathi village has 1,497 males and 1,480 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Merkupathi has about 989 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 995.

The pincode recorded for Merkupathi is 638103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Merkupathi covers 759.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Merkupathi falls under Avanashi tehsil of Tiruppur district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Merkupathi is Koolipalayam, about 28 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 5 - 10 km distance for Merkupathi.

Merkupathi is about 30 km from Tiruppur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Merkupathi is in Avanashi tehsil of Tiruppur district. Sathyamangalam is about 16 km away. Avanashi is about 22 km away. Koolipalayam is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.