About Melma Village

Melma is a mid sized village in Cheyyar tehsil, in the district of Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 808, made up of 410 males and 398 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 971 females per 1000 males. The village covers 612.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 604408, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melma village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tiruvannamalai
Tehsil	Cheyyar
Pincode	604408
Area (hectares)	612.87 hectares
Population	808
Male Population	410
Female Population	398
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	971
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 30 km distance

How Melma compares

By the 2011 count Melma is the 139th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,341 residents. Its 612.87 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 994.

Getting to Melma

Melma 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 Melma 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 30 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Melma from other places

Melma lies about 74 km from Tiruvannamalai, and the nearest railway station is Pakkam, 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 Melma
Nearest town	Vandavāsi	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Cheyyar	13 km
Nearest railway station	Pakkam	27 km
District headquarters	Tiruvannamalai	74 km

Villages closest to Melma

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 Melma

As per the Census of India 2011, Melma village had a population of 808. That makes it the 139th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,341 residents.

Melma village has 410 males and 398 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melma has about 971 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 994.

The pincode recorded for Melma is 604408. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melma covers 612.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Melma is Pakkam, about 27 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 30 km distance.

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

Melma is about 74 km from Tiruvannamalai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melma is in Cheyyar tehsil of Tiruvannamalai district. Vandavāsi is about 10 km away. Cheyyar is about 13 km away. Pakkam is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.