About Melarungunam Village

Melarungunam is a mid sized village in Gingee tehsil, in the district of Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,380, made up of 707 males and 673 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 952 females per 1000 males. The village covers 171.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 605201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melarungunam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melarungunam village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Viluppuram
Tehsil	Gingee
Pincode	605201
Area (hectares)	171.71 hectares
Population	1,380
Male Population	707
Female Population	673
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	952
Bus Service (public)	Available within 1 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 1 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 30 km distance

How Melarungunam compares

By the 2011 count Melarungunam is the 113th largest of the 234 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,655 residents. Its 171.71 hectares work out to about 8.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Melarungunam

Melarungunam 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 Melarungunam as Available within 1 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 1 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 30 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Melarungunam from other places

Melarungunam lies about 43 km from Viluppuram, and the nearest railway station is Turinjapuram, about 25 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 Melarungunam
Tehsil headquarters	Gingee	12 km
Nearest railway station	Turinjapuram	25 km
District headquarters	Viluppuram	43 km

Villages closest to Melarungunam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melarungunam village had a population of 1,380. That makes it the 113th largest of the 234 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,655 residents.

Melarungunam village has 707 males and 673 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melarungunam has about 952 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Melarungunam is 605201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melarungunam covers 171.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Melarungunam falls under Gingee tehsil of Viluppuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Melarungunam is Turinjapuram, about 25 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 30 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 1 km distance and private bus service as Available within 1 km distance for Melarungunam.

Melarungunam is about 43 km from Viluppuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melarungunam is in Gingee tehsil of Viluppuram district. Gingee is about 12 km away. Turinjapuram is about 25 km away. Viluppuram is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.