About Melkothakuppam Village

Melkothakuppam is a mid sized village in Gudiyatham tehsil, in the district of Vellore, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,975, made up of 957 males and 1,018 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,064 females per 1000 males. The village covers 259.84 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 635805, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melkothakuppam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melkothakuppam village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Vellore
Tehsil	Gudiyatham
Pincode	635805
Area (hectares)	259.84 hectares
Population	1,975
Male Population	957
Female Population	1,018
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,064
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 6 km distance

How Melkothakuppam compares

By the 2011 count Melkothakuppam is the 55th largest of the 77 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,032 residents. Its 259.84 hectares work out to about 7.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1015.

Getting to Melkothakuppam

Melkothakuppam 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 Melkothakuppam 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 6 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Melkothakuppam from other places

Melkothakuppam lies about 42 km from Vellore, and the nearest railway station is Pachchakuppam, about 2.7 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 Melkothakuppam
Nearest railway station	Pachchakuppam	2.7 km
Nearest town	Ambur	7.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gudiyatham	17 km
District headquarters	Vellore	42 km

Villages closest to Melkothakuppam

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 Melkothakuppam

As per the Census of India 2011, Melkothakuppam village had a population of 1,975. That makes it the 55th largest of the 77 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,032 residents.

Melkothakuppam village has 957 males and 1,018 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melkothakuppam has about 1064 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1015.

The pincode recorded for Melkothakuppam is 635805. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melkothakuppam covers 259.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Melkothakuppam is Pachchakuppam, about 2.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 6 km distance.

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

Melkothakuppam is about 42 km from Vellore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melkothakuppam is in Gudiyatham tehsil of Vellore district. Pachchakuppam is about 2.7 km away. Ambur is about 7.5 km away. Gudiyatham is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.