About Melnadih Village

Melnadih is a mid sized village in Kota tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 606, made up of 312 males and 294 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 942 females per 1000 males. The village covers 118.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495442, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melnadih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melnadih village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Kota
Pincode	495442
Area (hectares)	118.29 hectares
Population	606
Male Population	312
Female Population	294
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	942
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Melnadih compares

By the 2011 count Melnadih is the 117th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,127 residents. Its 118.29 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 991.

Getting to Melnadih

Melnadih is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Melnadih as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Melnadih from other places

Melnadih lies about 23 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Kalmitar, about 17 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Melnadih
Nearest town	Ratanpur	5.1 km
Nearest railway station	Kalmitar	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kota	20 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	23 km

Villages closest to Melnadih

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kota tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Melnadih

As per the Census of India 2011, Melnadih village had a population of 606. That makes it the 117th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,127 residents.

Melnadih village has 312 males and 294 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melnadih has about 942 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 991.

The pincode recorded for Melnadih is 495442. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melnadih covers 118.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Melnadih falls under Kota tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Melnadih is Kalmitar, about 17 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Melnadih.

Melnadih is about 23 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melnadih is in Kota tehsil of Bilaspur district. Ratanpur is about 5.1 km away. Kalmitar is about 17 km away. Kota is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.