About Melpakkam Village

Melpakkam is a mid sized village in Tindivanam tehsil, in the district of Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,652, made up of 828 males and 824 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 995 females per 1000 males. The village covers 684 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 604001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melpakkam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melpakkam village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Viluppuram
Tehsil	Tindivanam
Pincode	604001
Area (hectares)	684 hectares
Population	1,652
Male Population	828
Female Population	824
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	995
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 3 km distance

How Melpakkam compares

By the 2011 count Melpakkam is the 71st largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,624 residents. Its 684 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 994.

Getting to Melpakkam

Melpakkam 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 Melpakkam 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 3 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Melpakkam from other places

Melpakkam lies about 42 km from Viluppuram, and the nearest railway station is Panchalam, about 3.3 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 Melpakkam
Nearest railway station	Panchalam	3.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tindivanam	5.3 km
District headquarters	Viluppuram	42 km

Villages closest to Melpakkam

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 Melpakkam

As per the Census of India 2011, Melpakkam village had a population of 1,652. That makes it the 71st largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,624 residents.

Melpakkam village has 828 males and 824 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melpakkam has about 995 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 994.

The pincode recorded for Melpakkam is 604001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melpakkam covers 684 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Melpakkam is Panchalam, about 3.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 3 km distance.

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

Melpakkam 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.

Melpakkam is in Tindivanam tehsil of Viluppuram district. Panchalam is about 3.3 km away. Tindivanam is about 5.3 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.