About Melarani Village

Melarani is a large village in Polur tehsil, in the district of Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,811, made up of 1,448 males and 1,363 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 941 females per 1000 males. The village covers 295.35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 606906, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melarani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melarani village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tiruvannamalai
Tehsil	Polur
Pincode	606906
Area (hectares)	295.35 hectares
Population	2,811
Male Population	1,448
Female Population	1,363
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	941
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 12 km distance

How Melarani compares

By the 2011 count Melarani is the 45th largest of the 182 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,130 residents. Its 295.35 hectares work out to about 9.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 996.

Getting to Melarani

Melarani 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 Melarani 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 12 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Melarani from other places

Melarani lies about 54 km from Tiruvannamalai, and the nearest railway station is Arni Road, about 9.1 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 Melarani
Nearest town	Arni	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Arni Road	9.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Polur	25 km
District headquarters	Tiruvannamalai	54 km

Villages closest to Melarani

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Polur 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 Melarani

As per the Census of India 2011, Melarani village had a population of 2,811. That makes it the 45th largest of the 182 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,130 residents.

Melarani village has 1,448 males and 1,363 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melarani has about 941 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 996.

The pincode recorded for Melarani is 606906. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melarani covers 295.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Melarani falls under Polur tehsil of Tiruvannamalai district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Melarani is Arni Road, about 9.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 12 km distance.

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

Melarani is about 54 km from Tiruvannamalai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melarani is in Polur tehsil of Tiruvannamalai district. Arni is about under 2 km away. Arni Road is about 9.1 km away. Polur is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.