About Melalathur Village

Melalathur is a large village in Gudiyatham tehsil, in the district of Vellore, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,462, made up of 1,718 males and 1,744 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,015 females per 1000 males. The village covers 385.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 632806, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melalathur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melalathur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Vellore
Tehsil	Gudiyatham
Pincode	632806
Area (hectares)	385.34 hectares
Population	3,462
Male Population	1,718
Female Population	1,744
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,015
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Melalathur compares

By the 2011 count Melalathur is the 24th largest of the 77 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 3,032 residents. Its 385.34 hectares work out to about 9.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1015.

Getting to Melalathur

Melalathur 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 Melalathur 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 Melalathur from other places

Melalathur lies about 27 km from Vellore, and the nearest railway station is Melattur, about under 2 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 Melalathur
Nearest railway station	Melattur	under 2 km
Nearest town	Kondasamudram	3.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gudiyatham	3.9 km
District headquarters	Vellore	27 km

Villages closest to Melalathur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melalathur village had a population of 3,462. That makes it the 24th largest of the 77 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,032 residents.

Melalathur village has 1,718 males and 1,744 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melalathur has about 1015 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1015.

The pincode recorded for Melalathur is 632806. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melalathur covers 385.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Melalathur falls under Gudiyatham tehsil of Vellore district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Melalathur is Melattur, about under 2 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 Melalathur.

Melalathur is about 27 km from Vellore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melalathur is in Gudiyatham tehsil of Vellore district. Melattur is about under 2 km away. Kondasamudram is about 3.8 km away. Gudiyatham is about 3.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.