About Melani Village

Melani is a mid sized village in Patratu tehsil, in the district of Ramgarh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 588, made up of 294 males and 294 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 110 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 829119, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melani village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Ramgarh
Tehsil	Patratu
Pincode	829119
Area (hectares)	110 hectares
Population	588
Male Population	294
Female Population	294
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Melani compares

By the 2011 count Melani is the 54th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,385 residents. Its 110 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 956.

Getting to Melani

Melani is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Melani as Available within 5 - 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Melani from other places

Melani lies about 22 km from Ramgarh, and the nearest railway station is Shanki, about 7.4 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 Melani
Nearest railway station	Shanki	7.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Patratu	7.8 km
Nearest town	Patrātu	7.8 km
District headquarters	Ramgarh	22 km

Villages closest to Melani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melani village had a population of 588. That makes it the 54th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,385 residents.

Melani village has 294 males and 294 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melani has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 956.

The pincode recorded for Melani is 829119. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melani covers 110 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Melani falls under Patratu tehsil of Ramgarh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Melani is Shanki, about 7.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Melani.

Melani is about 22 km from Ramgarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melani is in Patratu tehsil of Ramgarh district. Shanki is about 7.4 km away. Patratu is about 7.8 km away. Patrātu is about 7.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.