About Melgandi Village

Melgandi is a small village in Bandgaon tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 186, made up of 95 males and 91 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 958 females per 1000 males. The village covers 164 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melgandi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melgandi village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Bandgaon
Pincode	835216
Area (hectares)	164 hectares
Population	186
Male Population	95
Female Population	91
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	958
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Melgandi compares

By the 2011 count Melgandi is the 149th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 410 residents. Its 164 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Melgandi

Melgandi is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Melgandi as Available within 10+ km distance. 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Melgandi from other places

Melgandi lies about 47 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Pakra, about 31 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 Melgandi
Tehsil headquarters	Bandgaon	11 km
Nearest town	Khunti	31 km
Nearest railway station	Pakra	31 km
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	47 km

Villages closest to Melgandi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melgandi village had a population of 186. That makes it the 149th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 410 residents.

Melgandi village has 95 males and 91 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melgandi has about 958 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Melgandi is 835216. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melgandi covers 164 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Melgandi falls under Bandgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Melgandi is Pakra, about 31 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

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

Melgandi is about 47 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melgandi is in Bandgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Bandgaon is about 11 km away. Khunti is about 31 km away. Pakra is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.