About Melathur Village

Melathur is a mid sized village in Gingee tehsil, in the district of Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 517, made up of 267 males and 250 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 936 females per 1000 males. The village covers 67.98 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 604206, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melathur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melathur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Viluppuram
Tehsil	Gingee
Pincode	604206
Area (hectares)	67.98 hectares
Population	517
Male Population	267
Female Population	250
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	936
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 2 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 20 km distance

How Melathur compares

By the 2011 count Melathur is the 211th largest of the 234 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,655 residents. Its 67.98 hectares work out to about 7.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Melathur

Melathur 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 Melathur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 2 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 20 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Melathur from other places

Melathur lies about 38 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 Melathur
Tehsil headquarters	Gingee	11 km
Nearest railway station	Tindivanam	16 km
District headquarters	Viluppuram	38 km

Villages closest to Melathur

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 Melathur

As per the Census of India 2011, Melathur village had a population of 517. That makes it the 211th largest of the 234 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,655 residents.

Melathur village has 267 males and 250 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melathur 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 Melathur is 604206. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melathur covers 67.98 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Melathur is Tindivanam, about 16 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 20 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 2 km distance for Melathur.

Melathur is about 38 km from Viluppuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melathur is in Gingee tehsil of Viluppuram district. Gingee is about 11 km away. Tindivanam is about 16 km away. Viluppuram is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.