About Melendal Village

Melendal is a large village in Tirukkoyilur tehsil, in the district of Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,833, made up of 1,404 males and 1,429 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,018 females per 1000 males. The village covers 745.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 605754, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melendal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melendal village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Viluppuram
Tehsil	Tirukkoyilur
Pincode	605754
Area (hectares)	745.75 hectares
Population	2,833
Male Population	1,404
Female Population	1,429
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,018
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Melendal compares

By the 2011 count Melendal is the 50th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,336 residents. Its 745.75 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Melendal

Melendal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Melendal 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 Melendal from other places

Melendal lies about 52 km from Viluppuram, and the nearest railway station is Tirukkovilur, about 24 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 Melendal
Nearest town	Kallakkurichchi	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tirukkoyilur	21 km
Nearest railway station	Tirukkovilur	24 km
District headquarters	Viluppuram	52 km

Villages closest to Melendal

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 Melendal

As per the Census of India 2011, Melendal village had a population of 2,833. That makes it the 50th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,336 residents.

Melendal village has 1,404 males and 1,429 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melendal has about 1018 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 970.

The pincode recorded for Melendal is 605754. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melendal covers 745.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Melendal is Tirukkovilur, about 24 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 Melendal.

Melendal is about 52 km from Viluppuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melendal is in Tirukkoyilur tehsil of Viluppuram district. Kallakkurichchi is about 20 km away. Tirukkoyilur is about 21 km away. Tirukkovilur is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.