Melathikkan

Melathikkan is a township in Tiruvannamalai Taluk in Tiruvannamalai District in Tamil Nadu State. Melathikkan is 2.6 km far from its Taluk Main Town Tiruvannamalai. Melathikkan is located 2.9 km distance from its District Main City Tiruvannamalai. It is located 158 km distance from its State Main City Chennai.

Melathikkan
panchayat town
Melathikkan Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates: 12.20°N 79.11°E / 12.20; 79.11
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tiruvannamalai
Government
• Chairman	thangalatchumi paniyarasan (dmk)
Area
• Total	16.3 km2 (6.3 sq mi)
Elevation	171 m (561 ft)
Population  (2012)
• Total	5,190
• Density	320/km2 (820/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	606 608
Telephone code	91-4175
Vehicle registration	TN 25
Lok Sabha constituency	thiruvannamlai
Vidhan Sabha constituency	thiruvannamalai city
Climate	moderate (Köppen)
Avg. summer temperature	41 °C (106 °F)
Avg. winter temperature	18 °C (64 °F)

Nearby towns and panchayats with distance are Tiruvannamalai (2.9 km), Thenmathur (3.3 km), So.Kilnachipattu (3.4 km), Chinnakangiyanur (3.8 km), Nallavanpalayam (4.3 km). Towns nearby Tiruvannamalai (2.6 km), Thandrampet (15.3 km), Thurinjapuram (19.9 km), Keelpennathur (21.8 km).

Demographics

Melathikkan having population of over 5000 providing sub urban to Tiruvannamalai urbanity. It comes under Tiruvannamalai urban agglomerations on tirukovilur road (chitoor- Cudllore road) NH 234A. there is one railway station for Melathikkan as "MELATHIKKAN - SARON " at tirukovilur railway route.