About Melsiruvalur Village

Melsiruvalur is one of the larger villages in Sankarapuram tehsil, in the district of Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6,231, made up of 3,163 males and 3,068 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 970 females per 1000 males. The village covers 535.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 605702, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melsiruvalur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melsiruvalur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Viluppuram
Tehsil	Sankarapuram
Pincode	605702
Area (hectares)	535.75 hectares
Population	6,231
Male Population	3,163
Female Population	3,068
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	970
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Melsiruvalur compares

By the 2011 count Melsiruvalur is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,212 residents. Its 535.75 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Melsiruvalur

Melsiruvalur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Melsiruvalur 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Melsiruvalur from other places

Melsiruvalur lies about 50 km from Viluppuram, and the nearest railway station is Kuttakudi, about 14 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 Melsiruvalur
Nearest railway station	Kuttakudi	14 km
Nearest town	Kallakurichi	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sankarapuram	29 km
District headquarters	Viluppuram	50 km

Villages closest to Melsiruvalur

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.

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Common questions about Melsiruvalur

As per the Census of India 2011, Melsiruvalur village had a population of 6,231. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,212 residents.

Melsiruvalur village has 3,163 males and 3,068 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melsiruvalur has about 970 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 979.

The pincode recorded for Melsiruvalur is 605702. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melsiruvalur covers 535.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 12 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Melsiruvalur is Kuttakudi, about 14 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Melsiruvalur.

Melsiruvalur is about 50 km from Viluppuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melsiruvalur is in Sankarapuram tehsil of Viluppuram district. Kuttakudi is about 14 km away. Kallakurichi is about 16 km away. Sankarapuram is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.