About Melanur Village

Melanur is a mid sized village in Vandavasi tehsil, in the district of Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,924, made up of 966 males and 958 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 992 females per 1000 males. The village covers 342.97 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 604504, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melanur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melanur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tiruvannamalai
Tehsil	Vandavasi
Pincode	604504
Area (hectares)	342.97 hectares
Population	1,924
Male Population	966
Female Population	958
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	992
Bus Service (public)	Available within 4 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 30 km distance

How Melanur compares

By the 2011 count Melanur is the 41st largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,420 residents. Its 342.97 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 999.

Getting to Melanur

Melanur 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 Melanur as Available within 4 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 30 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Melanur from other places

Melanur lies about 51 km from Tiruvannamalai, and the nearest railway station is Arni Road, about 15 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 Melanur
Nearest town	Arni	9.9 km
Nearest railway station	Arni Road	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Vandavasi	30 km
District headquarters	Tiruvannamalai	51 km

Villages closest to Melanur

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 Melanur

As per the Census of India 2011, Melanur village had a population of 1,924. That makes it the 41st largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,420 residents.

Melanur village has 966 males and 958 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melanur has about 992 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 999.

The pincode recorded for Melanur is 604504. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melanur covers 342.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Melanur is Arni Road, about 15 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 30 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 4 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Melanur.

Melanur is about 51 km from Tiruvannamalai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melanur is in Vandavasi tehsil of Tiruvannamalai district. Arni is about 9.9 km away. Arni Road is about 15 km away. Vandavasi is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.