About Melathangal Village

Melathangal is a mid sized village in Vandavasi tehsil, in the district of Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,995, made up of 970 males and 1,025 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,057 females per 1000 males. The village covers 393.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 606807, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melathangal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melathangal village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tiruvannamalai
Tehsil	Vandavasi
Pincode	606807
Area (hectares)	393.47 hectares
Population	1,995
Male Population	970
Female Population	1,025
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,057
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 46 km distance

How Melathangal compares

By the 2011 count Melathangal is the 35th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,420 residents. Its 393.47 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 999.

Getting to Melathangal

Melathangal 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 Melathangal 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 46 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Melathangal from other places

Melathangal lies about 47 km from Tiruvannamalai, and the nearest railway station is Arni Road, about 26 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 Melathangal
Tehsil headquarters	Vandavasi	22 km
Nearest town	Vandavāsi	22 km
Nearest railway station	Arni Road	26 km
District headquarters	Tiruvannamalai	47 km

Villages closest to Melathangal

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 Melathangal

As per the Census of India 2011, Melathangal village had a population of 1,995. That makes it the 35th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,420 residents.

Melathangal village has 970 males and 1,025 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melathangal has about 1057 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 999.

The pincode recorded for Melathangal is 606807. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melathangal covers 393.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Melathangal is Arni Road, about 26 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 46 km distance.

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

Melathangal is about 47 km from Tiruvannamalai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melathangal is in Vandavasi tehsil of Tiruvannamalai district. Vandavasi is about 22 km away. Vandavāsi is about 22 km away. Arni Road is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.