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About Melakumilankulam Village

Melakumilankulam is a mid sized village in Tiruchuli tehsil, in the district of Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 730, made up of 371 males and 359 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 968 females per 1000 males. The village covers 551.44 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 626607, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melakumilankulam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melakumilankulam village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Virudhunagar
Tehsil Tiruchuli
Pincode 626607
Area (hectares) 551.44 hectares
Population 730
Male Population 371
Female Population 359
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 968
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Melakumilankulam compares

By the 2011 count Melakumilankulam is the 49th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 948 residents. Its 551.44 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Melakumilankulam

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

Melakumilankulam lies about 33 km from Virudhunagar, and the nearest railway station is Narikkudi, about 6.3 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 Melakumilankulam
Nearest railway station Narikkudi 6.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Tiruchuli 10 km
Nearest town Aruppukkottai 20 km
District headquarters Virudhunagar 33 km

Villages closest to Melakumilankulam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melakumilankulam village had a population of 730. That makes it the 49th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 948 residents.

Melakumilankulam village has 371 males and 359 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melakumilankulam has about 968 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 989.

The pincode recorded for Melakumilankulam is 626607. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melakumilankulam covers 551.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Melakumilankulam falls under Tiruchuli tehsil of Virudhunagar district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Melakumilankulam is Narikkudi, about 6.3 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Melakumilankulam.

Melakumilankulam 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.

Melakumilankulam is in Tiruchuli tehsil of Virudhunagar district. Narikkudi is about 6.3 km away. Tiruchuli is about 10 km away. Aruppukkottai is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Isali (2.1 km), Perumanendal (2.3 km) and Sottamuri (3.3 km).

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

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