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About Menallur Village

Menallur is a mid sized village in Cheyyar tehsil, in the district of Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,444, made up of 711 males and 733 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,031 females per 1000 males. The village covers 243.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 631702, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Menallur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Menallur village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Tiruvannamalai
Tehsil Cheyyar
Pincode 631702
Area (hectares) 243.7 hectares
Population 1,444
Male Population 711
Female Population 733
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,031
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 14 km distance

How Menallur compares

By the 2011 count Menallur is the 75th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,341 residents. Its 243.7 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 994.

Getting to Menallur

Menallur 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 Menallur 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 14 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Menallur from other places

Menallur lies about 90 km from Tiruvannamalai, and the nearest railway station is Nathapettai, about 10 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 Menallur
Nearest town Sevilimedu 7.4 km
Nearest railway station Nathapettai 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Cheyyar 20 km
District headquarters Tiruvannamalai 90 km

Villages closest to Menallur

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 Menallur

As per the Census of India 2011, Menallur village had a population of 1,444. That makes it the 75th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,341 residents.

Menallur village has 711 males and 733 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Menallur has about 1031 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 994.

The pincode recorded for Menallur is 631702. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Menallur covers 243.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Menallur is Nathapettai, about 10 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 14 km distance.

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

Menallur is about 90 km from Tiruvannamalai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Menallur is in Cheyyar tehsil of Tiruvannamalai district. Sevilimedu is about 7.4 km away. Nathapettai is about 10 km away. Cheyyar is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Girijapuram (under 2 km), Seniyanallur (under 2 km) and Vazhavandal (2.0 km).

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

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