About Melchengam Village

Melchengam is a large village in Chengam tehsil, in the district of Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,101, made up of 1,063 males and 1,038 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 976 females per 1000 males. The village covers 505.39 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 606703, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melchengam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melchengam village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tiruvannamalai
Tehsil	Chengam
Pincode	606703
Area (hectares)	505.39 hectares
Population	2,101
Male Population	1,063
Female Population	1,038
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	976
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 42 km distance

How Melchengam compares

By the 2011 count Melchengam is the 48th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,109 residents. Its 505.39 hectares work out to about 4.2 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 964.

Getting to Melchengam

Melchengam 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 Melchengam 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 Melchengam from other places

Melchengam lies about 38 km from Tiruvannamalai, and the nearest railway station is Kunnattur, about 26 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 Melchengam
Tehsil headquarters	Chengam	8.0 km
Nearest railway station	Kunnattur	26 km
District headquarters	Tiruvannamalai	38 km

Villages closest to Melchengam

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 Melchengam

As per the Census of India 2011, Melchengam village had a population of 2,101. That makes it the 48th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,109 residents.

Melchengam village has 1,063 males and 1,038 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melchengam has about 976 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 964.

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

Melchengam covers 505.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Melchengam is Kunnattur, about 26 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 Melchengam.

Melchengam is about 38 km from Tiruvannamalai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melchengam is in Chengam tehsil of Tiruvannamalai district. Chengam is about 8.0 km away. Kunnattur is about 26 km away. Tiruvannamalai is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.