About Melpallipattu Village

Melpallipattu is one of the larger villages in Chengam tehsil, in the district of Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,016, made up of 2,529 males and 2,487 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 983 females per 1000 males. The village covers 575.41 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 606703, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melpallipattu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melpallipattu village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tiruvannamalai
Tehsil	Chengam
Pincode	606703
Area (hectares)	575.41 hectares
Population	5,016
Male Population	2,529
Female Population	2,487
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	983
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 42 km distance

How Melpallipattu compares

By the 2011 count Melpallipattu is the 7th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,109 residents. Its 575.41 hectares work out to about 8.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 964.

Getting to Melpallipattu

Melpallipattu 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 Melpallipattu 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 42 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Melpallipattu from other places

Melpallipattu lies about 37 km from Tiruvannamalai, and the nearest railway station is Samalpatti, 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 Melpallipattu
Tehsil headquarters	Chengam	7.5 km
Nearest railway station	Samalpatti	28 km
District headquarters	Tiruvannamalai	37 km

Villages closest to Melpallipattu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melpallipattu village had a population of 5,016. That makes it the 7th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,109 residents.

Melpallipattu village has 2,529 males and 2,487 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melpallipattu has about 983 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 964.

The pincode recorded for Melpallipattu is 606703. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melpallipattu covers 575.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Melpallipattu falls under Chengam tehsil of Tiruvannamalai district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Melpallipattu is Samalpatti, about 28 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 42 km distance.

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

Melpallipattu is about 37 km from Tiruvannamalai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melpallipattu is in Chengam tehsil of Tiruvannamalai district. Chengam is about 7.5 km away. Samalpatti is about 28 km away. Tiruvannamalai is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.