About Melshanankuppam Village

Melshanankuppam is a mid sized village in Ambur tehsil, in the district of Vellore, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,570, made up of 740 males and 830 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,122 females per 1000 males. The village covers 255.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 635807, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melshanankuppam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melshanankuppam village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Vellore
Tehsil	Ambur
Pincode	635807
Area (hectares)	255.8 hectares
Population	1,570
Male Population	740
Female Population	830
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,122
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 8 km distance

How Melshanankuppam compares

By the 2011 count Melshanankuppam is the 44th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,455 residents. Its 255.8 hectares work out to about 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1023.

Getting to Melshanankuppam

Melshanankuppam 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 Melshanankuppam 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 8 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Melshanankuppam from other places

Melshanankuppam lies about 31 km from Vellore, and the nearest railway station is Kannamangalam, about 20 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 Melshanankuppam
Nearest railway station	Kannamangalam	20 km
Nearest town	Polūr	22 km
District headquarters	Vellore	31 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ambur	34 km

Villages closest to Melshanankuppam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melshanankuppam village had a population of 1,570. That makes it the 44th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,455 residents.

Melshanankuppam village has 740 males and 830 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melshanankuppam has about 1122 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1023.

The pincode recorded for Melshanankuppam is 635807. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melshanankuppam covers 255.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Melshanankuppam falls under Ambur tehsil of Vellore district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Melshanankuppam is Kannamangalam, about 20 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 8 km distance.

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

Melshanankuppam is about 31 km from Vellore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melshanankuppam is in Ambur tehsil of Vellore district. Kannamangalam is about 20 km away. Polūr is about 22 km away. Vellore is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.