About Melarangunam Village

Melarangunam is a mid sized village in Gingee tehsil, in the district of Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,210, made up of 625 males and 585 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 936 females per 1000 males. The village covers 344.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 604151, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melarangunam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melarangunam village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Viluppuram
Tehsil	Gingee
Pincode	604151
Area (hectares)	344.05 hectares
Population	1,210
Male Population	625
Female Population	585
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	936
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 36 km distance

How Melarangunam compares

By the 2011 count Melarangunam is the 128th largest of the 234 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,655 residents. Its 344.05 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Melarangunam

Melarangunam 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 Melarangunam 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 36 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Melarangunam from other places

Melarangunam 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 Melarangunam
Tehsil headquarters	Gingee	12 km
Nearest railway station	Turinjapuram	25 km
District headquarters	Viluppuram	43 km

Villages closest to Melarangunam

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 Melarangunam

As per the Census of India 2011, Melarangunam village had a population of 1,210. That makes it the 128th largest of the 234 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,655 residents.

Melarangunam village has 625 males and 585 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melarangunam has about 936 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Melarangunam is 604151. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melarangunam covers 344.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Melarangunam is Turinjapuram, about 25 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 36 km distance.

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

Melarangunam 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.

Melarangunam 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.