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About Melathipattu Village

Melathipattu is a large village in Gingee tehsil, in the district of Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,623, made up of 1,328 males and 1,295 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 975 females per 1000 males. The village covers 823.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 604152, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melathipattu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melathipattu village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Viluppuram
Tehsil Gingee
Pincode 604152
Area (hectares) 823.66 hectares
Population 2,623
Male Population 1,328
Female Population 1,295
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 975
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 27 km distance

How Melathipattu compares

By the 2011 count Melathipattu is the 34th largest of the 234 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,655 residents. Its 823.66 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Melathipattu

Melathipattu 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 Melathipattu 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 27 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Mel Sevalambadi, Melacheri, Melarangunam and Melarungunam. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Melathipattu

As per the Census of India 2011, Melathipattu village had a population of 2,623. That makes it the 34th largest of the 234 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,655 residents.

Melathipattu village has 1,328 males and 1,295 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melathipattu has about 975 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 987.

The pincode recorded for Melathipattu is 604152. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melathipattu covers 823.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Melathipattu notes the nearest railway station as Available within 27 km distance.

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

Melathipattu is in Gingee tehsil of Viluppuram district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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