About Melpattu Village

Melpattu is a small village in Chengam tehsil, in the district of Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 321, made up of 173 males and 148 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 855 females per 1000 males. The village covers 117.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 635703, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melpattu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melpattu village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tiruvannamalai
Tehsil	Chengam
Pincode	635703
Area (hectares)	117.43 hectares
Population	321
Male Population	173
Female Population	148
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	855
Bus Service (public)	Available within 2 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 2 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 72 km distance

How Melpattu compares

By the 2011 count Melpattu is the 105th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,109 residents. Its 117.43 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 964.

Getting to Melpattu

Melpattu 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 Melpattu as Available within 2 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 2 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 72 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Melpattu from other places

Melpattu lies about 47 km from Tiruvannamalai, and the nearest railway station is Molakarampatti, about 18 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 Melpattu
Tehsil headquarters	Chengam	15 km
Nearest railway station	Molakarampatti	18 km
District headquarters	Tiruvannamalai	47 km

Villages closest to Melpattu

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 Melpattu

As per the Census of India 2011, Melpattu village had a population of 321. That makes it the 105th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,109 residents.

Melpattu village has 173 males and 148 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melpattu has about 855 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 964.

The pincode recorded for Melpattu is 635703. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melpattu covers 117.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Melpattu is Molakarampatti, about 18 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 72 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 2 km distance and private bus service as Available within 2 km distance for Melpattu.

Melpattu is about 47 km from Tiruvannamalai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melpattu is in Chengam tehsil of Tiruvannamalai district. Chengam is about 15 km away. Molakarampatti is about 18 km away. Tiruvannamalai is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.