Melapalayam
Melapalayam is a neighborhood of Tirunelveli City in Tamil Nadu, India situated on the east bank of the Thamirabarani River. The neighborhood's name comes from its location west of Palayamkottai.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb
- Description: village in Inda
- Also known as: “Mel Pālaiyam”, “Melapalaiyam”, and “Melappālaiyam”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Palayamkottai Central Prison and Tirunelveli Junction railway station.
Palayamkottai Central Prison
Prison
Palayamkottai Central Prison is located in Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli District, India. The prison was built during 1880 and was operating as a district jail until 1929.
Tirunelveli Junction railway station
Railway station
Photo: Theni.M.Subramani, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tirunelveli Junction railway station is an NSG–2 category Indian railway station in Madurai railway division of Southern Railway zone. It serves the city of Tirunelveli, located in Tirunelveli district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Tirunelveli Junction railway station is situated 3½ km north of Melapalayam.
Palayankottai railway station
Railway station
Photo: Vishwa Sundar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Palayankottai railway station is situated 2½ km northeast of Melapalayam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Palayamkottai and Thalaiyuthu.
Palayamkottai
Suburb
Photo: Kingstonberyl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Palayamkottai is a neighbourhood in Tirunelveli City, incorporated within the Tirunelveli City Municipal Corporation. It is situated on the east bank of the Thamirabarani river, with the exception of its downtown area, which is present on the west bank. Palayamkottai is situated 3 km northeast of Melapalayam.
Thalaiyuthu
Town
Sankar Nagar or Thalaiyuthu is a panchayat town in Tirunelveli district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located about 8 km north of Tirunelveli on the way to Madurai on highway NH 44. Thalaiyuthu is situated 10 km north of Melapalayam.
Melapalayam
- Categories: village in India and locality
- Location: Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli, Far Southern Tamil Nadu, Tamil Nadu, Southern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
8.70088° or 8° 42′ 3″ northLongitude
77.71596° or 77° 42′ 57″ eastElevation
46 metres (151 feet)Open location code
6JWVPP28+99OpenStreetMap ID
node 10009522860OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Melapalayam” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Melapalayam”
- Dutch: “Melapalayam”
- Persian: “مالاپالایم”
- South Azerbaijani: “ملاپالایام”
- Tamil: “மேலப்பாளையம்”
- Welsh: “Melapalayam”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Melapalayam”. Photo: Ssriram mt, CC BY-SA 4.0.