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About Melmattai Village

Melmattai is a small village in Cheyyar tehsil, in the district of Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 182, made up of 93 males and 89 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 957 females per 1000 males. The village covers 221.44 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 604503, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melmattai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melmattai village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Tiruvannamalai
Tehsil Cheyyar
Pincode 604503
Area (hectares) 221.44 hectares
Population 182
Male Population 93
Female Population 89
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 957
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 32 km distance

How Melmattai compares

By the 2011 count Melmattai 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 221.44 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 Melmattai

Melmattai 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 Melmattai 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 32 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Melmattai from other places

Melmattai lies about 58 km from Tiruvannamalai, and the nearest railway station is Arni Road, about 24 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 Melmattai
Tehsil headquarters Cheyyar 13 km
Nearest railway station Arni Road 24 km
District headquarters Tiruvannamalai 58 km

Villages closest to Melmattai

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.

Common questions about Melmattai

As per the Census of India 2011, Melmattai village had a population of 182. 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.

Melmattai village has 93 males and 89 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melmattai has about 957 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 Melmattai is 604503. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melmattai covers 221.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Melmattai is Arni Road, about 24 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 32 km distance.

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

Melmattai is about 58 km from Tiruvannamalai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melmattai is in Cheyyar tehsil of Tiruvannamalai district. Cheyyar is about 13 km away. Arni Road is about 24 km away. Tiruvannamalai is about 58 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Vinnamangalam (under 2 km), Pudukottai (under 2 km) and Velleripattu (1.8 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Melmattai today is likely to be higher.

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