About Melakallankulam Village

Melakallankulam is a large village in Kariapatti tehsil, in the district of Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,168, made up of 1,089 males and 1,079 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 991 females per 1000 males. The village covers 999.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 626105, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melakallankulam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melakallankulam village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Virudhunagar
Tehsil	Kariapatti
Pincode	626105
Area (hectares)	999.75 hectares
Population	2,168
Male Population	1,089
Female Population	1,079
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	991
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Melakallankulam compares

By the 2011 count Melakallankulam is the 9th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,010 residents. Its 999.75 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1011.

Getting to Melakallankulam

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

Melakallankulam lies about 33 km from Virudhunagar, and the nearest railway station is Tiruppuvanam, about 15 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 Melakallankulam
Tehsil headquarters	Kariapatti	9.2 km
Nearest railway station	Tiruppuvanam	15 km
District headquarters	Virudhunagar	33 km

Villages closest to Melakallankulam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melakallankulam village had a population of 2,168. That makes it the 9th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,010 residents.

Melakallankulam village has 1,089 males and 1,079 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melakallankulam has about 991 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 1011.

The pincode recorded for Melakallankulam is 626105. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melakallankulam covers 999.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Melakallankulam falls under Kariapatti tehsil of Virudhunagar district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Melakallankulam is Tiruppuvanam, about 15 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 Melakallankulam.

Melakallankulam is about 33 km from Virudhunagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melakallankulam is in Kariapatti tehsil of Virudhunagar district. Kariapatti is about 9.2 km away. Tiruppuvanam is about 15 km away. Virudhunagar is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.