About Melpakkam Village

Melpakkam is a large village in Arakonam tehsil, in the district of Vellore, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,244, made up of 2,099 males and 2,145 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,022 females per 1000 males. The village covers 504.99 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 631002, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melpakkam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melpakkam village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Vellore
Tehsil	Arakonam
Pincode	631002
Area (hectares)	504.99 hectares
Population	4,244
Male Population	2,099
Female Population	2,145
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,022
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Melpakkam compares

By the 2011 count Melpakkam is the 16th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,632 residents. Its 504.99 hectares work out to about 8.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Melpakkam

Melpakkam 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 Melpakkam 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Melpakkam from other places

Melpakkam lies about 30 km from Vellore, and the nearest railway station is Melattur, about 6.4 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 Melpakkam
Nearest town	Gudiyatham	3.3 km
Nearest railway station	Melattur	6.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Arakonam	30 km
District headquarters	Vellore	30 km

Villages closest to Melpakkam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melpakkam village had a population of 4,244. That makes it the 16th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,632 residents.

Melpakkam village has 2,099 males and 2,145 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melpakkam has about 1022 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Melpakkam is 631002. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melpakkam covers 504.99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Melpakkam falls under Arakonam tehsil of Vellore district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Melpakkam is Melattur, about 6.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Melpakkam is about 30 km from Vellore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melpakkam is in Arakonam tehsil of Vellore district. Gudiyatham is about 3.3 km away. Melattur is about 6.4 km away. Arakonam is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.