About Melmurungai Village

Melmurungai is a large village in Gudiyatham tehsil, in the district of Vellore, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,035, made up of 1,013 males and 1,022 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,009 females per 1000 males. The village covers 160.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 635805, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melmurungai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melmurungai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Vellore
Tehsil	Gudiyatham
Pincode	635805
Area (hectares)	160.06 hectares
Population	2,035
Male Population	1,013
Female Population	1,022
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,009
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 3 km distance

How Melmurungai compares

By the 2011 count Melmurungai is the 53rd largest of the 77 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,032 residents. Its 160.06 hectares work out to about 13 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1015.

Getting to Melmurungai

Melmurungai 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 Melmurungai 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 3 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Melmurungai from other places

Melmurungai lies about 40 km from Vellore, and the nearest railway station is Melpatti, about 2.5 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 Melmurungai
Nearest railway station	Melpatti	2.5 km
Nearest town	Ambur	8.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gudiyatham	15 km
District headquarters	Vellore	40 km

Villages closest to Melmurungai

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 Melmurungai

As per the Census of India 2011, Melmurungai village had a population of 2,035. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 77 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,032 residents.

Melmurungai village has 1,013 males and 1,022 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melmurungai has about 1009 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1015.

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

Melmurungai covers 160.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 13 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Melmurungai is Melpatti, about 2.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 3 km distance.

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

Melmurungai is about 40 km from Vellore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melmurungai is in Gudiyatham tehsil of Vellore district. Melpatti is about 2.5 km away. Ambur is about 8.9 km away. Gudiyatham is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.