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Melvisharam
Melvisharam is a town and suburb of Vellore city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is 7 kilometres from Ranipet, 5 km from historic town of Arcot and 7 km from Vellore city limit Alamelrangapuram(A.M.Puram).
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.