About Melpennathur Village

Melpennathur is a large village in Chengam tehsil, in the district of Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,405, made up of 1,767 males and 1,638 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 927 females per 1000 males. The village covers 816.39 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 606704, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melpennathur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melpennathur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tiruvannamalai
Tehsil	Chengam
Pincode	606704
Area (hectares)	816.39 hectares
Population	3,405
Male Population	1,767
Female Population	1,638
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	927
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 27 km distance

How Melpennathur compares

By the 2011 count Melpennathur is the 21st largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,109 residents. Its 816.39 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 964.

Getting to Melpennathur

Melpennathur 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 Melpennathur 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 27 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Melmudiyanur, Melnachipattu, Melpadur and Melpallipattu. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Melpennathur

As per the Census of India 2011, Melpennathur village had a population of 3,405. That makes it the 21st largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,109 residents.

Melpennathur village has 1,767 males and 1,638 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melpennathur has about 927 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 964.

The pincode recorded for Melpennathur is 606704. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melpennathur covers 816.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Melpennathur notes the nearest railway station as Available within 27 km distance.

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

Melpennathur is in Chengam tehsil of Tiruvannamalai district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.