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Melur is the Northern entrance of Madurai district. It is the town and municipality in the Madurai North in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Melur Old Name is Called Naduvi Nadu. The name Melur comes from "Mela Nadu". Melur is called Thaigramam ('Mother of Villages'). It is the biggest taluk within the Madurai District. As of 2011, the town had a population of 40,017. Melur is an agricultural land in Madurai and the climate around the area is tropical.

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Place details

Locality
Suvanjanpatti
Region
Tamil Nadu
Country
India
Population
40,017
Timezone
Asia/Kolkata

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Key facts

Settlement.name
Melur
Settlement.other_name
Mela Nadu or Naduvi Nadu
Settlement.settlement_type
Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline
File:Madurai Melur.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
Traditional village house in Melur
Settlement.pushpin_map
India Tamil Nadu
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
right
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
State
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Tamil Nadu
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Madurai
Settlement.government_type
Second Grade Municipality
Settlement.governing_body
Melur Municipality
Settlement.leader_title
Panchayat
Settlement.leader_name
MELUR
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric

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Wikidata facts

Area
15.2
Elevation
149
Image
Madurai Melur.jpg
Dialing code
42386
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postal code
625106
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Melur is the Northern entrance of Madurai district. It is the town and municipality in the Madurai North in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Melur Old Name is Called Naduvi Nadu. The name Melur comes from "Mela Nadu". Melur is called Thaigramam ('Mother of Villages'). It is the biggest taluk within the Madurai District. As of 2011, the town had a population of 40,017. Melur is an agricultural land in Madurai and the climate around the area is tropical.

Melur is a manufacturer and exporter of ploughs. It has many cast iron industrial. Granite production is an important industry; granite from Melur is exported around the world. Situated within a largely agricultural area, most of the people living around Melur are employed in agriculture, chiefly in the cultivation of rice. A few people have been working as masons and assistants in home construction. Gandiva Foundation is a public charitable trust functioning at Melur.

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