About Melravandavadi Village

Melravandavadi is a large village in Chengam tehsil, in the district of Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,299, made up of 1,681 males and 1,618 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 963 females per 1000 males. The village covers 668.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 606703, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melravandavadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melravandavadi village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tiruvannamalai
Tehsil	Chengam
Pincode	606703
Area (hectares)	668.85 hectares
Population	3,299
Male Population	1,681
Female Population	1,618
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	963
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 52 km distance

How Melravandavadi compares

By the 2011 count Melravandavadi is the 23rd largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,109 residents. Its 668.85 hectares work out to about 4.9 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 964.

Getting to Melravandavadi

Melravandavadi 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 Melravandavadi 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 52 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Melravandavadi from other places

Melravandavadi lies about 40 km from Tiruvannamalai, and the nearest railway station is Samalpatti, about 27 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 Melravandavadi
Tehsil headquarters	Chengam	15 km
Nearest railway station	Samalpatti	27 km
District headquarters	Tiruvannamalai	40 km

Villages closest to Melravandavadi

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 Melravandavadi

As per the Census of India 2011, Melravandavadi village had a population of 3,299. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,109 residents.

Melravandavadi village has 1,681 males and 1,618 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melravandavadi has about 963 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 Melravandavadi is 606703. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melravandavadi covers 668.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Melravandavadi is Samalpatti, about 27 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 52 km distance.

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

Melravandavadi is about 40 km from Tiruvannamalai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melravandavadi is in Chengam tehsil of Tiruvannamalai district. Chengam is about 15 km away. Samalpatti is about 27 km away. Tiruvannamalai is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.