About Melkaranai Village

Melkaranai is a large village in Viluppuram tehsil, in the district of Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,953, made up of 2,014 males and 1,939 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 963 females per 1000 males. The village covers 491.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 605202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melkaranai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melkaranai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Viluppuram
Tehsil	Viluppuram
Pincode	605202
Area (hectares)	491.6 hectares
Population	3,953
Male Population	2,014
Female Population	1,939
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	963
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 20 km distance

How Melkaranai compares

By the 2011 count Melkaranai is the 39th largest of the 226 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,428 residents. Its 491.6 hectares work out to about 8.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 992.

Getting to Melkaranai

Melkaranai 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 Melkaranai 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 20 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Melkaranai from other places

Melkaranai lies about 17 km from Viluppuram, and the nearest railway station is Vikravandi, about 13 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 Melkaranai
Nearest railway station	Vikravandi	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Viluppuram	17 km
Nearest town	Villupuram	17 km

Villages closest to Melkaranai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melkaranai village had a population of 3,953. That makes it the 39th largest of the 226 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,428 residents.

Melkaranai village has 2,014 males and 1,939 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melkaranai has about 963 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 992.

The pincode recorded for Melkaranai is 605202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melkaranai covers 491.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Melkaranai falls under Viluppuram tehsil of Viluppuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Melkaranai is Vikravandi, about 13 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 20 km distance.

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

Melkaranai is about 17 km from Viluppuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melkaranai is in Viluppuram tehsil of Viluppuram district. Vikravandi is about 13 km away. Viluppuram is about 17 km away. Villupuram is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.