About Melavanki Village

Melavanki is one of the larger villages in Gokak tehsil, in the district of Belgaum, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 7,903, made up of 3,982 males and 3,921 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 985 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1341.93 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 591227, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melavanki Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melavanki village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Belgaum
Tehsil	Gokak
Pincode	591227
Area (hectares)	1341.93 hectares
Population	7,903
Male Population	3,982
Female Population	3,921
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	985
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Melavanki compares

By the 2011 count Melavanki is the 14th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 3,673 residents. Its 1341.93 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 988.

Getting to Melavanki

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

Melavanki lies about 57 km from Belgaum, and the nearest railway station is Ghataprabha, about 15 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 Melavanki
Tehsil headquarters	Gokak	8.6 km
Nearest railway station	Ghataprabha	15 km
District headquarters	Belgaum	57 km

Villages closest to Melavanki

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melavanki village had a population of 7,903. That makes it the 14th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,673 residents.

Melavanki village has 3,982 males and 3,921 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melavanki has about 985 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 988.

The pincode recorded for Melavanki is 591227. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melavanki covers 1341.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Melavanki falls under Gokak tehsil of Belgaum district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Melavanki is Ghataprabha, about 15 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 Melavanki.

Melavanki is about 57 km from Belgaum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melavanki is in Gokak tehsil of Belgaum district. Gokak is about 8.6 km away. Ghataprabha is about 15 km away. Belgaum is about 57 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.