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About Melnilavur Village

Melnilavur is a mid sized village in Sankarapuram tehsil, in the district of Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 822, made up of 405 males and 417 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,030 females per 1000 males. The village covers 633.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 606207, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melnilavur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melnilavur village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Viluppuram
Tehsil Sankarapuram
Pincode 606207
Area (hectares) 633.02 hectares
Population 822
Male Population 405
Female Population 417
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,030
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Melnilavur compares

By the 2011 count Melnilavur is the 144th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,212 residents. Its 633.02 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Melnilavur

Melnilavur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Melnilavur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Mavadipattu, Melapalangur, Melapalangur R F and Melapattu. 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 Melnilavur

As per the Census of India 2011, Melnilavur village had a population of 822. That makes it the 144th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,212 residents.

Melnilavur village has 405 males and 417 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melnilavur has about 1030 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Melnilavur is 606207. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melnilavur covers 633.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The census record for Melnilavur notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Melnilavur.

Melnilavur is in Sankarapuram 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 Melnilavur today is likely to be higher.

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