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By population, Navinipatti ranks #1 of 85 villages in Melur mandal — the largest.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Navinipatti is a village of 9,423 people in 2,384 households (Census 2011) in Melur taluk, Madurai district, Tamil Nadu, the largest of 85 villages in Melur taluk. Literacy is 69%, 3 points above the taluk average of 66% and the sex ratio is 994 women per 1,000 men. It lies 31 km from the Madurai district centre, 6 km from Puthanatham, the nearest town, 9 km from Chettiyapatti railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 625106, served by Melur (Madurai) post office; the LGD village code is 640521. The nearest hospital or health centre is Puthanatham Government Hospital, 7 km away. The village votes in Manapparai assembly constituency, represented by MLA R. Kathiravan. The population is estimated at 11,110 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Navinipatti →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Navinipatti · this village | 9,423 | 69% | — |
| Ayuthapatti · Melur | 504 | 64% | 0.8 km NE |
| Pottapatti · Melur | 3,382 | 64% | 2.3 km E |
| Kottampatti · Melur | 5,406 | 73% | 2.3 km E |
| Arittapatti · Melur | 2,770 | 65% | 2.3 km NE |
| Ayyapatti · Melur | 4,934 | 60% | 2.3 km NE |
| Manickampatti · Vadipatti | 2,203 | 65% | 2.4 km E |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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