Melur
Sign in to saveMelur 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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