By population, Mecheri ranks #14 of 52 villages in Arcot mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Mecheri is a village of 2,448 people in 611 households (Census 2011) in Arcot taluk, Ranipet district, Tamil Nadu, the 14th-largest of 52 villages in Arcot taluk. Literacy is 68%, 1 points below the taluk average of 69% and the sex ratio is 1,007 women per 1,000 men. It lies 177 km from the Ranipet district centre, 9 km from Olaipatti, the nearest town, 4 km from Mecheri Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 632511, served by Sakkaramallur post office; the LGD village code is 630728. Mapped within or next to the village: primary health centre. The sarpanch is Venkatesan, and the village votes in Arani assembly constituency, represented by MLA Jayasudha. L. The population is estimated at 2,886 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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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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