About Melekote Village

Melekote is a mid sized village in Dod Ballapur tehsil, in the district of Bangalore Rural, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,832, made up of 892 males and 940 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,054 females per 1000 males. The village covers 323.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 561205, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melekote Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melekote village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Bangalore Rural
Tehsil	Dod Ballapur
Pincode	561205
Area (hectares)	323.68 hectares
Population	1,832
Male Population	892
Female Population	940
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,054
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Melekote compares

By the 2011 count Melekote is the 20th largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 732 residents. Its 323.68 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 959.

Getting to Melekote

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

Melekote lies about 17 km from Bangalore Rural, and the nearest railway station is Nandi, about 9.3 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 Melekote
Nearest railway station	Nandi	9.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dod Ballapur	12 km
Nearest town	Doddaballapura	12 km
District headquarters	Bangalore Rural	17 km

Villages closest to Melekote

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dod Ballapur 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 Melekote

As per the Census of India 2011, Melekote village had a population of 1,832. That makes it the 20th largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 732 residents.

Melekote village has 892 males and 940 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melekote has about 1054 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 959.

The pincode recorded for Melekote is 561205. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melekote covers 323.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Melekote falls under Dod Ballapur tehsil of Bangalore Rural district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Melekote is Nandi, about 9.3 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 village for Melekote.

Melekote is about 17 km from Bangalore Rural in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melekote is in Dod Ballapur tehsil of Bangalore Rural district. Nandi is about 9.3 km away. Dod Ballapur is about 12 km away. Doddaballapura is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.