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About Melan Village

Melan is a mid sized village in Kumharsain tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 835, made up of 410 males and 425 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,037 females per 1000 males. The village covers 164.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 172031, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melan village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Kumharsain
Pincode 172031
Area (hectares) 164.12 hectares
Population 835
Male Population 410
Female Population 425
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,037
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Melan compares

By the 2011 count Melan is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 248 residents. Its 164.12 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Melan

Melan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Melan 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Melan from other places

Melan lies about 37 km from Shimla. 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 Melan
Tehsil headquarters Kumharsain 3.7 km
District headquarters Shimla 37 km

Villages closest to Melan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melan village had a population of 835. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 248 residents.

Melan village has 410 males and 425 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melan has about 1037 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Melan is 172031. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melan covers 164.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Melan falls under Kumharsain tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Melan 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 <5 km distance for Melan.

Melan is about 37 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melan is in Kumharsain tehsil of Shimla district. Kumharsain is about 3.7 km away. Shimla is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhareri (under 2 km), Thinu (under 2 km) and Kotgarh (under 2 km).

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

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