About Melana Village

Melana is a mid sized village in Vallabhipur tehsil, in the district of Bhavnagar, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,140, made up of 592 males and 548 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 926 females per 1000 males. The village covers 671.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 364760, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melana village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Bhavnagar
Tehsil	Vallabhipur
Pincode	364760
Area (hectares)	671.9 hectares
Population	1,140
Male Population	592
Female Population	548
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	926
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Melana compares

By the 2011 count Melana is the 20th largest of the 54 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,183 residents. Its 671.9 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Melana

Melana is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Melana as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Limbda, Loliyana, Lundhara and Malpara. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Melana

As per the Census of India 2011, Melana village had a population of 1,140. That makes it the 20th largest of the 54 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,183 residents.

Melana village has 592 males and 548 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melana has about 926 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 949.

The pincode recorded for Melana is 364760. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melana covers 671.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Melana falls under Vallabhipur tehsil of Bhavnagar district in Gujarat.

The census record for Melana notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Melana.

Melana is in Vallabhipur tehsil of Bhavnagar district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.