About Melnarma Village

Melnarma is a mid sized village in Cheyyar tehsil, in the district of Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 799, made up of 405 males and 394 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 973 females per 1000 males. The village covers 332.93 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 604408, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melnarma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melnarma village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tiruvannamalai
Tehsil	Cheyyar
Pincode	604408
Area (hectares)	332.93 hectares
Population	799
Male Population	405
Female Population	394
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	973
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 36 km distance

How Melnarma compares

By the 2011 count Melnarma is the 142nd largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,341 residents. Its 332.93 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. 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 Melnarma

Melnarma 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 Melnarma 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 36 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Melnarma from other places

Melnarma lies about 74 km from Tiruvannamalai, and the nearest railway station is Pakkam, 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 Melnarma
Nearest town	Vandavāsi	9.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Cheyyar	16 km
Nearest railway station	Pakkam	24 km
District headquarters	Tiruvannamalai	74 km

Villages closest to Melnarma

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 Melnarma

As per the Census of India 2011, Melnarma village had a population of 799. That makes it the 142nd largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,341 residents.

Melnarma village has 405 males and 394 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melnarma has about 973 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 Melnarma is 604408. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melnarma covers 332.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Melnarma is Pakkam, about 24 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 36 km distance.

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

Melnarma 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.

Melnarma is in Cheyyar tehsil of Tiruvannamalai district. Vandavāsi is about 9.1 km away. Cheyyar is about 16 km away. Pakkam is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.