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Melvisharam

Melvisharam is a town in Ranipet district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is 7 km from Ranipet, 5 km from historic town of Arcot and 17 km from Vellore city.

The Municipality of Melvisharam was constituted in the year 1951 as 1st Grade Town Panchayat and was subsequently upgraded as IIIrd Grade Municipality from 1.10.2005. The town has 21 Municipal wards. As of 2011, the town had a population of 44,786.

The seasonal river Palar flows on the north side of the town.

Almost all of the Melvisharam consists of flat terrain. The general slope is towards south east and the small streams that rise in Vellore hills situated in the west eventually fall into Palar river. The topography of Melvisharam town in plain and is situated at an altitude of 175.86 metres above mean sea level. The wind direction is predominant towards south west during the whole of the year. However, during summer it is from south west to north east.

The taluk has fairly healthy climate. The study area has distinctly high temperature in hot months and cold weather is for a short duration.

The climatic seasons are generally classified as follows:

The main maximum temperature during summer normal occurs in the month of May and June while the minimum temperature in winter occurs in January.

The north –east monsoon gives most of the rains. The average rainfall for a year is found to be 996.76 mm. The maximum rainfall occurs during the month of September and October due to north-east monsoon.

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