About Melakondur Village

Melakondur is a mid sized village in Tirukkoyilur tehsil, in the district of Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 999, made up of 530 males and 469 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 885 females per 1000 males. The village covers 93.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 605755, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melakondur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melakondur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Viluppuram
Tehsil	Tirukkoyilur
Pincode	605755
Area (hectares)	93.51 hectares
Population	999
Male Population	530
Female Population	469
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	885
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Melakondur compares

By the 2011 count Melakondur is the 144th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,336 residents. Its 93.51 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Melakondur

Melakondur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Melakondur 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Melakondur from other places

Melakondur lies about 24 km from Viluppuram, and the nearest railway station is Tirukkovilur, about 5.5 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 Melakondur
Nearest railway station	Tirukkovilur	5.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tirukkoyilur	7.6 km
District headquarters	Viluppuram	24 km

Villages closest to Melakondur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melakondur village had a population of 999. That makes it the 144th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,336 residents.

Melakondur village has 530 males and 469 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melakondur has about 885 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 970.

The pincode recorded for Melakondur is 605755. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melakondur covers 93.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Melakondur falls under Tirukkoyilur tehsil of Viluppuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Melakondur is Tirukkovilur, about 5.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Melakondur is about 24 km from Viluppuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melakondur is in Tirukkoyilur tehsil of Viluppuram district. Tirukkovilur is about 5.5 km away. Tirukkoyilur is about 7.6 km away. Viluppuram is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.