About Melpettai Village

Melpettai is a mid sized village in Tindivanam tehsil, in the district of Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 827, made up of 400 males and 427 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,068 females per 1000 males. The village covers 155.67 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 604307, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melpettai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melpettai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Viluppuram
Tehsil	Tindivanam
Pincode	604307
Area (hectares)	155.67 hectares
Population	827
Male Population	400
Female Population	427
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,068
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 2 km distance

How Melpettai compares

By the 2011 count Melpettai is the 145th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,624 residents. Its 155.67 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 994.

Getting to Melpettai

Melpettai 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 Melpettai 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 2 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Melpettai from other places

Melpettai lies about 42 km from Viluppuram, and the nearest railway station is Panchalam, about under 2 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 Melpettai
Nearest railway station	Panchalam	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tindivanam	4.9 km
District headquarters	Viluppuram	42 km

Villages closest to Melpettai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melpettai village had a population of 827. That makes it the 145th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,624 residents.

Melpettai village has 400 males and 427 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melpettai has about 1068 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 994.

The pincode recorded for Melpettai is 604307. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melpettai covers 155.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Melpettai falls under Tindivanam tehsil of Viluppuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Melpettai is Panchalam, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 2 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Melpettai.

Melpettai is about 42 km from Viluppuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melpettai is in Tindivanam tehsil of Viluppuram district. Panchalam is about under 2 km away. Tindivanam is about 4.9 km away. Viluppuram is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.