About Melaiyur Village

Melaiyur is a mid sized village in Aruppukkottai tehsil, in the district of Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,420, made up of 704 males and 716 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,017 females per 1000 males. The village covers 868.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 618114, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melaiyur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melaiyur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Virudhunagar
Tehsil	Aruppukkottai
Pincode	618114
Area (hectares)	868.38 hectares
Population	1,420
Male Population	704
Female Population	716
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,017
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Melaiyur compares

By the 2011 count Melaiyur is the 30th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,782 residents. Its 868.38 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Melaiyur

Melaiyur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Melaiyur 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. The nearest villages by name are Kurundamadam, Kurunjakulam, Mandapasalai and Mangulam. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Melaiyur

As per the Census of India 2011, Melaiyur village had a population of 1,420. That makes it the 30th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,782 residents.

Melaiyur village has 704 males and 716 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melaiyur has about 1017 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Melaiyur is 618114. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melaiyur covers 868.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Melaiyur falls under Aruppukkottai tehsil of Virudhunagar district in Tamil Nadu.

The census record for Melaiyur notes the nearest railway station 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 Melaiyur.

Melaiyur is in Aruppukkottai tehsil of Virudhunagar district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.