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About Meliachuan Village

Meliachuan is a small village in Pakuria tehsil, in the district of Pakur, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 315, made up of 166 males and 149 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 898 females per 1000 males. The village covers 130 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816117, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Meliachuan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Meliachuan village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Pakur
Tehsil Pakuria
Pincode 816117
Area (hectares) 130 hectares
Population 315
Male Population 166
Female Population 149
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 898
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Meliachuan compares

By the 2011 count Meliachuan is the 115th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 742 residents. Its 130 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1017.

Getting to Meliachuan

The census records public bus service for Meliachuan as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Meliachuan from other places

Meliachuan lies about 43 km from Pakur, and the nearest railway station is Pinargaria, about 8.8 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 Meliachuan
Tehsil headquarters Pakuria 5.2 km
Nearest railway station Pinargaria 8.8 km
Nearest town Nalhāti 17 km
District headquarters Pakur 43 km

Villages closest to Meliachuan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Meliachuan village had a population of 315. That makes it the 115th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 742 residents.

Meliachuan village has 166 males and 149 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Meliachuan has about 898 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1017.

The pincode recorded for Meliachuan is 816117. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Meliachuan covers 130 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Meliachuan falls under Pakuria tehsil of Pakur district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Meliachuan is Pinargaria, about 8.8 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Meliachuan.

Meliachuan is about 43 km from Pakur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Meliachuan is in Pakuria tehsil of Pakur district. Pakuria is about 5.2 km away. Pinargaria is about 8.8 km away. Nalhāti is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Angargaria (under 2 km), Pitalgaria (under 2 km) and Khaksa (1.7 km).

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

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