About Melur Village

Melur is a large village in Sidlaghatta tehsil, in the district of Chikkaballapura, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,946, made up of 1,448 males and 1,498 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,035 females per 1000 males. The village covers 142.37 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 562102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chikkaballapura
Tehsil	Sidlaghatta
Pincode	562102
Area (hectares)	142.37 hectares
Population	2,946
Male Population	1,448
Female Population	1,498
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,035
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Melur compares

By the 2011 count Melur is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 667 residents. Its 142.37 hectares work out to about 21 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 974.

Getting to Melur

Melur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Melur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Melur from other places

Melur lies about 14 km from Chikkaballapura, and the nearest railway station is Sidlagatta, about 6.5 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 Melur
Nearest town	Vijayapura	6.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sidlaghatta	6.2 km
Nearest railway station	Sidlagatta	6.5 km
District headquarters	Chikkaballapura	14 km

Villages closest to Melur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melur village had a population of 2,946. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 667 residents.

Melur village has 1,448 males and 1,498 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melur has about 1035 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 974.

The pincode recorded for Melur is 562102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melur covers 142.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 21 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Melur falls under Sidlaghatta tehsil of Chikkaballapura district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Melur is Sidlagatta, about 6.5 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Melur.

Melur is about 14 km from Chikkaballapura in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melur is in Sidlaghatta tehsil of Chikkaballapura district. Vijayapura is about 6.1 km away. Sidlaghatta is about 6.2 km away. Sidlagatta is about 6.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.