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About Melapalangur Village

Melapalangur is a large village in Sankarapuram tehsil, in the district of Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,061, made up of 1,063 males and 998 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 939 females per 1000 males. The village covers 473.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 606205, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melapalangur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melapalangur village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Viluppuram
Tehsil Sankarapuram
Pincode 606205
Area (hectares) 473.28 hectares
Population 2,061
Male Population 1,063
Female Population 998
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 939
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Melapalangur compares

By the 2011 count Melapalangur is the 71st largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,212 residents. Its 473.28 hectares work out to about 4.4 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 979.

Getting to Melapalangur

Melapalangur is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Melapalangur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Melapalangur from other places

Melapalangur lies about 52 km from Viluppuram, and the nearest railway station is Pukkiravari, about 24 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 Melapalangur
Tehsil headquarters Sankarapuram 13 km
Nearest town Kallakkurichchi 14 km
Nearest railway station Pukkiravari 24 km
District headquarters Viluppuram 52 km

Villages closest to Melapalangur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sankarapuram 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.

Common questions about Melapalangur

As per the Census of India 2011, Melapalangur village had a population of 2,061. That makes it the 71st largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,212 residents.

Melapalangur village has 1,063 males and 998 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melapalangur has about 939 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Melapalangur is 606205. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melapalangur covers 473.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Melapalangur falls under Sankarapuram tehsil of Viluppuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Melapalangur is Pukkiravari, about 24 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

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

Melapalangur is about 52 km from Viluppuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melapalangur is in Sankarapuram tehsil of Viluppuram district. Sankarapuram is about 13 km away. Kallakkurichchi is about 14 km away. Pukkiravari is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chithal (under 2 km), Aviriyur (2.8 km) and Peral (2.8 km).

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

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