About Melkovalavedu Village

Melkovalavedu is a small village in Cheyyar tehsil, in the district of Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 16, made up of 7 males and 9 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,286 females per 1000 males. The village covers 291.24 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 604503, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melkovalavedu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melkovalavedu village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tiruvannamalai
Tehsil	Cheyyar
Pincode	604503
Area (hectares)	291.24 hectares
Population	16
Male Population	7
Female Population	9
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,286
Bus Service (public)	Available within 2 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 2 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 38 km distance

How Melkovalavedu compares

By the 2011 count Melkovalavedu is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,341 residents. Its 291.24 hectares work out to about 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 994.

Getting to Melkovalavedu

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

How far is Melkovalavedu from other places

Melkovalavedu lies about 77 km from Tiruvannamalai, and the nearest railway station is Melmaruvattur, about 13 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 Melkovalavedu
Nearest railway station	Melmaruvattur	13 km
Nearest town	Vandavāsi	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Cheyyar	28 km
District headquarters	Tiruvannamalai	77 km

Villages closest to Melkovalavedu

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 Melkovalavedu

As per the Census of India 2011, Melkovalavedu village had a population of 16. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,341 residents.

Melkovalavedu village has 7 males and 9 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melkovalavedu has about 1286 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 994.

The pincode recorded for Melkovalavedu is 604503. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melkovalavedu covers 291.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Melkovalavedu falls under Cheyyar tehsil of Tiruvannamalai district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Melkovalavedu is Melmaruvattur, about 13 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 2 km distance and private bus service as Available within 2 km distance for Melkovalavedu.

Melkovalavedu is about 77 km from Tiruvannamalai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melkovalavedu is in Cheyyar tehsil of Tiruvannamalai district. Melmaruvattur is about 13 km away. Vandavāsi is about 14 km away. Cheyyar is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.