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About Melakanjirangulam Village

Melakanjirangulam is a small village in Kariapatti tehsil, in the district of Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 175, made up of 87 males and 88 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,011 females per 1000 males. The village covers 380.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 626106, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melakanjirangulam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melakanjirangulam village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Virudhunagar
Tehsil Kariapatti
Pincode 626106
Area (hectares) 380.43 hectares
Population 175
Male Population 87
Female Population 88
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,011
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Melakanjirangulam compares

By the 2011 count Melakanjirangulam is the 66th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,010 residents. Its 380.43 hectares work out to about 0.5 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 1011.

Getting to Melakanjirangulam

Melakanjirangulam is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Melakanjirangulam as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Melakanjirangulam from other places

Melakanjirangulam lies about 26 km from Virudhunagar, and the nearest railway station is Tiruchchuli, about 9.8 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 Melakanjirangulam
Nearest railway station Tiruchchuli 9.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Kariapatti 10 km
Nearest town Aruppukkottai 15 km
District headquarters Virudhunagar 26 km

Villages closest to Melakanjirangulam

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.

Common questions about Melakanjirangulam

As per the Census of India 2011, Melakanjirangulam village had a population of 175. That makes it the 66th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,010 residents.

Melakanjirangulam village has 87 males and 88 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melakanjirangulam has about 1011 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1011.

The pincode recorded for Melakanjirangulam is 626106. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melakanjirangulam covers 380.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Melakanjirangulam is Tiruchchuli, about 9.8 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 <5 km distance for Melakanjirangulam.

Melakanjirangulam is about 26 km from Virudhunagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melakanjirangulam is in Kariapatti tehsil of Virudhunagar district. Tiruchchuli is about 9.8 km away. Kariapatti is about 10 km away. Aruppukkottai is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pampatti (under 2 km), T Chettikulam (under 2 km) and Vettrilaimuruganpatti (1.6 km).

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

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