Melur

Melur Mela Nadu or Naduvi Nadu
Municipality
Traditional village house in Melur
Melur Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates: 10°03′N 78°20′E / 10.05°N 78.33°E / 10.05; 78.33
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Madurai
Government
• Type	Second Grade Municipality
• Body	Melur Municipality
• Panchayat	A.Vellalapatti
Area
• Total	1.9 km2 (0.7 sq mi)
Elevation	149 m (489 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	40,017
• Density	21,000/km2 (55,000/sq mi)
Tamil
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	TN-59

Melur is the Northern entrance of Madurai district. It is the town and municipality in the Madurai North in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Melur Old Name is Called Naduvi Nadu. The name Melur name comes from "Mela Nadu". Melur is called Thaigramam ('Mother of Villages'). It is the biggest taluk within the Madurai District. As of 2011, the town had a population of 40,017. Melur is an agricultural land in Madurai and the climate around the area is tropical.

Melur is a manufacturer and exporter of ploughs. It has many cast iron industrial. Granite production is an important industry; granite from Melur is exported around the world. Situated within a largely agricultural area, most of the people living around Melur are employed in agriculture, chiefly in the cultivation of rice. A few people have been working as masons and assistants in home construction. Gandiva Foundation is a public charitable trust functioning at Melur.