About Melakandamangalam Village

Melakandamangalam is a large village in Aruppukkottai tehsil, in the district of Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,111, made up of 1,098 males and 1,013 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 923 females per 1000 males. The village covers 357.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 626129, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melakandamangalam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melakandamangalam village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Virudhunagar
Tehsil	Aruppukkottai
Pincode	626129
Area (hectares)	357.6 hectares
Population	2,111
Male Population	1,098
Female Population	1,013
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	923
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Melakandamangalam compares

By the 2011 count Melakandamangalam is the 17th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,782 residents. Its 357.6 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Melakandamangalam

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

Melakandamangalam lies about 23 km from Virudhunagar, and the nearest railway station is Tiruchchuli, about 4.1 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 Melakandamangalam
Nearest railway station	Tiruchchuli	4.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Aruppukkottai	8.5 km
District headquarters	Virudhunagar	23 km

Villages closest to Melakandamangalam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melakandamangalam village had a population of 2,111. That makes it the 17th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,782 residents.

Melakandamangalam village has 1,098 males and 1,013 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melakandamangalam has about 923 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Melakandamangalam is 626129. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melakandamangalam covers 357.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Melakandamangalam is Tiruchchuli, about 4.1 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 Melakandamangalam.

Melakandamangalam is about 23 km from Virudhunagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melakandamangalam is in Aruppukkottai tehsil of Virudhunagar district. Tiruchchuli is about 4.1 km away. Aruppukkottai is about 8.5 km away. Virudhunagar is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Konganakurichi (2.7 km), Mangulam (2.9 km) and Bommakottai (3.2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Melakandamangalam today is likely to be higher.