About Melakuppam Village

Melakuppam is a large village in Wallajah tehsil, in the district of Vellore, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,049, made up of 1,528 males and 1,521 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 995 females per 1000 males. The village covers 351.17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 632517, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melakuppam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melakuppam village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Vellore
Tehsil	Wallajah
Pincode	632517
Area (hectares)	351.17 hectares
Population	3,049
Male Population	1,528
Female Population	1,521
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	995
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10 km distance

How Melakuppam compares

By the 2011 count Melakuppam is the 30th largest of the 69 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 3,096 residents. Its 351.17 hectares work out to about 8.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 1002.

Getting to Melakuppam

Melakuppam 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 Melakuppam 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 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Melakuppam from other places

Melakuppam lies about 22 km from Vellore, and the nearest railway station is Kannamangalam, about 5.2 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 Melakuppam
Nearest railway station	Kannamangalam	5.2 km
Nearest town	Arni	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Wallajah	22 km
District headquarters	Vellore	22 km

Villages closest to Melakuppam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melakuppam village had a population of 3,049. That makes it the 30th largest of the 69 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,096 residents.

Melakuppam village has 1,528 males and 1,521 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melakuppam has about 995 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Melakuppam is 632517. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melakuppam covers 351.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Melakuppam falls under Wallajah tehsil of Vellore district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Melakuppam is Kannamangalam, about 5.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10 km distance.

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

Melakuppam 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.

Melakuppam is in Wallajah tehsil of Vellore district. Kannamangalam is about 5.2 km away. Arni is about 18 km away. Wallajah is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.