About Melendal Village

Melendal is a mid sized village in Tiruchuli tehsil, in the district of Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 662, made up of 329 males and 333 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,012 females per 1000 males. The village covers 144.44 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 626607, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melendal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melendal village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Virudhunagar
Tehsil	Tiruchuli
Pincode	626607
Area (hectares)	144.44 hectares
Population	662
Male Population	329
Female Population	333
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,012
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Melendal compares

By the 2011 count Melendal is the 56th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 948 residents. Its 144.44 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Melendal

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

Melendal lies about 35 km from Virudhunagar, and the nearest railway station is Narikkudi, about 4.0 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 Melendal
Nearest railway station	Narikkudi	4.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tiruchuli	9.0 km
Nearest town	Aruppukkottai	21 km
District headquarters	Virudhunagar	35 km

Villages closest to Melendal

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.

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Common questions about Melendal

As per the Census of India 2011, Melendal village had a population of 662. That makes it the 56th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 948 residents.

Melendal village has 329 males and 333 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melendal has about 1012 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 989.

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

Melendal covers 144.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Melendal is Narikkudi, about 4.0 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 Melendal.

Melendal is about 35 km from Virudhunagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melendal is in Tiruchuli tehsil of Virudhunagar district. Narikkudi is about 4.0 km away. Tiruchuli is about 9.0 km away. Aruppukkottai is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.