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About Melmambattu Village

Melmambattu is a mid sized village in Gingee tehsil, in the district of Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,151, made up of 556 males and 595 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,070 females per 1000 males. The village covers 263.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 604204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melmambattu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melmambattu village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Viluppuram
Tehsil Gingee
Pincode 604204
Area (hectares) 263.22 hectares
Population 1,151
Male Population 556
Female Population 595
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,070
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 48 km distance

How Melmambattu compares

By the 2011 count Melmambattu is the 138th largest of the 234 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,655 residents. Its 263.22 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Melmambattu

Melmambattu 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 Melmambattu 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 48 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Melmambattu from other places

Melmambattu lies about 46 km from Viluppuram, and the nearest railway station is Agaram Sibbandi, about 26 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 Melmambattu
Tehsil headquarters Gingee 12 km
Nearest railway station Agaram Sibbandi 26 km
District headquarters Viluppuram 46 km

Villages closest to Melmambattu

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.

Common questions about Melmambattu

As per the Census of India 2011, Melmambattu village had a population of 1,151. That makes it the 138th largest of the 234 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,655 residents.

Melmambattu village has 556 males and 595 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melmambattu has about 1070 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Melmambattu is 604204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melmambattu covers 263.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Melmambattu is Agaram Sibbandi, about 26 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 48 km distance.

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

Melmambattu is about 46 km from Viluppuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melmambattu is in Gingee tehsil of Viluppuram district. Gingee is about 12 km away. Agaram Sibbandi is about 26 km away. Viluppuram is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Torappadi (under 2 km), Siyappundi (2.0 km) and Tayanur (2.4 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Melmambattu today is likely to be higher.

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