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About Melaniya Village

Melaniya is a mid sized village in Jhalod tehsil, in the district of Dohad, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,136, made up of 569 males and 567 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 996 females per 1000 males. The village covers 148 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 389170, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melaniya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melaniya village
Description Value
State Gujarat
District Dohad
Tehsil Jhalod
Pincode 389170
Area (hectares) 148 hectares
Population 1,136
Male Population 569
Female Population 567
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 996
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Melaniya compares

By the 2011 count Melaniya is the 103rd largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,921 residents. Its 148 hectares work out to about 7.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 985.

Getting to Melaniya

Melaniya 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 Melaniya as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Melaniya from other places

Melaniya lies about 29 km from Dohad, and the nearest railway station is Jekot, about 24 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 Melaniya
Tehsil headquarters Jhalod 2.7 km
Nearest town Jhālod 2.7 km
Nearest railway station Jekot 24 km
District headquarters Dohad 29 km

Villages closest to Melaniya

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

Common questions about Melaniya

As per the Census of India 2011, Melaniya village had a population of 1,136. That makes it the 103rd largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,921 residents.

Melaniya village has 569 males and 567 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melaniya has about 996 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 985.

The pincode recorded for Melaniya is 389170. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melaniya covers 148 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Melaniya falls under Jhalod tehsil of Dohad district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Melaniya is Jekot, about 24 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Melaniya.

Melaniya is about 29 km from Dohad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melaniya is in Jhalod tehsil of Dohad district. Jhalod is about 2.7 km away. Jhālod is about 2.7 km away. Jekot is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nansalai (1.9 km), Devjini Sarasvani (2.8 km) and Bhanpur (2.9 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Melaniya today is likely to be higher.

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