About Mel Kolathur Village

Mel Kolathur is a small village in Cheyyar tehsil, in the district of Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 496, made up of 265 males and 231 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 872 females per 1000 males. The village covers 205.99 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 604505, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mel Kolathur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mel Kolathur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tiruvannamalai
Tehsil	Cheyyar
Pincode	604505
Area (hectares)	205.99 hectares
Population	496
Male Population	265
Female Population	231
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	872
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 38 km distance

How Mel Kolathur compares

By the 2011 count Mel Kolathur is the 192nd largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,341 residents. Its 205.99 hectares work out to about 2.4 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 994.

Getting to Mel Kolathur

Mel Kolathur 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 Mel Kolathur 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 38 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Mel Kolathur from other places

Mel Kolathur lies about 62 km from Tiruvannamalai, and the nearest railway station is Arni Road, about 31 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 Mel Kolathur
Tehsil headquarters	Cheyyar	8.4 km
Nearest railway station	Arni Road	31 km
District headquarters	Tiruvannamalai	62 km

Villages closest to Mel Kolathur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Cheyyar 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 Mel Kolathur

As per the Census of India 2011, Mel Kolathur village had a population of 496. That makes it the 192nd largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,341 residents.

Mel Kolathur village has 265 males and 231 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mel Kolathur has about 872 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 994.

The pincode recorded for Mel Kolathur is 604505. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mel Kolathur covers 205.99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Mel Kolathur falls under Cheyyar tehsil of Tiruvannamalai district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Mel Kolathur is Arni Road, about 31 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 38 km distance.

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

Mel Kolathur is about 62 km from Tiruvannamalai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mel Kolathur is in Cheyyar tehsil of Tiruvannamalai district. Cheyyar is about 8.4 km away. Arni Road is about 31 km away. Tiruvannamalai is about 62 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.