About Melpadi Village

Melpadi is one of the larger villages in Katpadi tehsil, in the district of Vellore, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,767, made up of 2,910 males and 2,857 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 982 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1071.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 632520, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melpadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melpadi village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Vellore
Tehsil	Katpadi
Pincode	632520
Area (hectares)	1071.38 hectares
Population	5,767
Male Population	2,910
Female Population	2,857
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	982
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 25 km distance

How Melpadi compares

By the 2011 count Melpadi is the 7th largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,820 residents. Its 1071.38 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1028.

Getting to Melpadi

Melpadi 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 Melpadi 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 25 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Melpadi from other places

Melpadi lies about 22 km from Vellore, and the nearest railway station is Mukundarayapuram, about 9.5 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 Melpadi
Nearest railway station	Mukundarayapuram	9.5 km
Nearest town	Rāmāpuram	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Katpadi	18 km
District headquarters	Vellore	22 km

Villages closest to Melpadi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melpadi village had a population of 5,767. That makes it the 7th largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,820 residents.

Melpadi village has 2,910 males and 2,857 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melpadi has about 982 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1028.

The pincode recorded for Melpadi is 632520. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melpadi covers 1071.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Melpadi falls under Katpadi tehsil of Vellore district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Melpadi is Mukundarayapuram, about 9.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 25 km distance.

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

Melpadi is about 22 km from Vellore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melpadi is in Katpadi tehsil of Vellore district. Mukundarayapuram is about 9.5 km away. Rāmāpuram is about 11 km away. Katpadi is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.