About Melligeri Village

Melligeri is a large village in Mudhol tehsil, in the district of Bagalkot, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,922, made up of 1,448 males and 1,474 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,018 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1818.78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 587121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melligeri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melligeri village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Bagalkot
Tehsil	Mudhol
Pincode	587121
Area (hectares)	1818.78 hectares
Population	2,922
Male Population	1,448
Female Population	1,474
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,018
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Melligeri compares

By the 2011 count Melligeri is the 23rd largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 3,096 residents. Its 1818.78 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Melligeri

Melligeri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Melligeri as Available within village. 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 Melligeri from other places

Melligeri lies about 34 km from Bagalkot, and the nearest railway station is Kajjidoni, about 22 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 Melligeri
Tehsil headquarters	Mudhol	16 km
Nearest railway station	Kajjidoni	22 km
District headquarters	Bagalkot	34 km

Villages closest to Melligeri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melligeri village had a population of 2,922. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,096 residents.

Melligeri village has 1,448 males and 1,474 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melligeri has about 1018 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Melligeri is 587121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melligeri covers 1818.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Melligeri falls under Mudhol tehsil of Bagalkot district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Melligeri is Kajjidoni, about 22 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Melligeri.

Melligeri is about 34 km from Bagalkot in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melligeri is in Mudhol tehsil of Bagalkot district. Mudhol is about 16 km away. Kajjidoni is about 22 km away. Bagalkot is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.