About Melpalayam Village

Melpalayam is a small village in Vandavasi tehsil, in the district of Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 399, made up of 205 males and 194 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 946 females per 1000 males. The village covers 187.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 604505, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melpalayam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melpalayam village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tiruvannamalai
Tehsil	Vandavasi
Pincode	604505
Area (hectares)	187.64 hectares
Population	399
Male Population	205
Female Population	194
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	946
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 68 km distance

How Melpalayam compares

By the 2011 count Melpalayam is the 184th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,420 residents. Its 187.64 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 999.

Getting to Melpalayam

Melpalayam 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 Melpalayam 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 68 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Melpalayam from other places

Melpalayam lies about 49 km from Tiruvannamalai, and the nearest railway station is Arni Road, about 25 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 Melpalayam
Tehsil headquarters	Vandavasi	21 km
Nearest town	Vandavāsi	21 km
Nearest railway station	Arni Road	25 km
District headquarters	Tiruvannamalai	49 km

Villages closest to Melpalayam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melpalayam village had a population of 399. That makes it the 184th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,420 residents.

Melpalayam village has 205 males and 194 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melpalayam has about 946 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 999.

The pincode recorded for Melpalayam is 604505. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melpalayam covers 187.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Melpalayam falls under Vandavasi tehsil of Tiruvannamalai district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Melpalayam is Arni Road, about 25 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 68 km distance.

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

Melpalayam is about 49 km from Tiruvannamalai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melpalayam is in Vandavasi tehsil of Tiruvannamalai district. Vandavasi is about 21 km away. Vandavāsi is about 21 km away. Arni Road is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.