Melvisharam, (Tamil: மேல்விஷாரம்) (Urdu: ميل وشارم ) 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 Alamelmangapuram(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.

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

As of 2001 India census, Melvisharam had a population of 36,767 (2001). Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. visharam has an average literacy rate of 65%, higher than the national average of 59.5%:

Majority of the population follows Islam and Urdu is most spoken language. Tamil retains the official language and English is widely used and understood by the locals.

Majority of the population of Melvisharam are employed in local tanneries and leather goods manufacturing companies. Many are employing in major software companies like CTS,TCS,HP,SONATA and others.

Andrea Jeremiah (Tamil: ஆண்ட்ரியா ஜெரெமையா; born December 21, 1984) is an Tamil playback singer, voice actor and a film and theatre actress. Beginning her career singing playback, Andrea has gone on to appear in critically acclaimed films such as Pachaikili Muthucharam and Aayirathil Oruvan, winning praise for her portrayals.

Andrea was born as the eldest child into an Anglo-Indian nuclear family in Arakkonam, Tamil Nadu. She was brought up in Chennai and graduated from the Women's Christian College. Her father is a lawyer at the High Court in Chennai, while her mother is a home-maker. She has one younger sister, who currently lives and works at Leuven, Belgium as a research assistant. From the age of 10, Andrea was part of a Jackson Five-style troupe called Young Stars which formed the base of her early singing career. She was also a theatre artist in her college and appeared in several stage plays organised by Madras Players and EVAM. She also launched a company named The Show Must Go On (TSMGO Productions) to promote live art and artistes.