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About Melur Village

Melur is a mid sized village in Kallakkurichi tehsil, in the district of Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,874, made up of 1,032 males and 842 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 816 females per 1000 males. The village covers 337.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 606201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melur village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Viluppuram
Tehsil Kallakkurichi
Pincode 606201
Area (hectares) 337.85 hectares
Population 1,874
Male Population 1,032
Female Population 842
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 816
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Melur compares

By the 2011 count Melur is the 79th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,328 residents. Its 337.85 hectares work out to about 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Melur

Melur 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 Melur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Manmalai, Maravanattam, Mathur and Mattigaikurichi. 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 Melur

As per the Census of India 2011, Melur village had a population of 1,874. That makes it the 79th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,328 residents.

Melur village has 1,032 males and 842 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melur has about 816 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 970.

The pincode recorded for Melur is 606201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melur covers 337.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Melur falls under Kallakkurichi tehsil of Viluppuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The census record for Melur notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Melur.

Melur is in Kallakkurichi 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 Melur today is likely to be higher.

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