About Melathipakkam Village

Melathipakkam is a mid sized village in Gingee tehsil, in the district of Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,597, made up of 792 males and 805 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,016 females per 1000 males. The village covers 364.24 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 604203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melathipakkam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melathipakkam village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Viluppuram
Tehsil	Gingee
Pincode	604203
Area (hectares)	364.24 hectares
Population	1,597
Male Population	792
Female Population	805
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,016
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 19 km distance

How Melathipakkam compares

By the 2011 count Melathipakkam is the 93rd largest of the 234 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,655 residents. Its 364.24 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Melathipakkam

Melathipakkam 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 Melathipakkam 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 19 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Melathipakkam from other places

Melathipakkam lies about 43 km from Viluppuram, and the nearest railway station is Tindivanam, about 16 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 Melathipakkam
Tehsil headquarters	Gingee	15 km
Nearest railway station	Tindivanam	16 km
District headquarters	Viluppuram	43 km

Villages closest to Melathipakkam

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 Melathipakkam

As per the Census of India 2011, Melathipakkam village had a population of 1,597. That makes it the 93rd largest of the 234 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,655 residents.

Melathipakkam village has 792 males and 805 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melathipakkam has about 1016 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Melathipakkam is 604203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melathipakkam covers 364.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Melathipakkam is Tindivanam, about 16 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 19 km distance.

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

Melathipakkam 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.

Melathipakkam is in Gingee tehsil of Viluppuram district. Gingee is about 15 km away. Tindivanam is about 16 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.