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About Melenahalli Village

Melenahalli is a mid sized village in Kadur tehsil, in the district of Chikmagalur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 630, made up of 332 males and 298 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 898 females per 1000 males. The village covers 783.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577550, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melenahalli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melenahalli village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Chikmagalur
Tehsil Kadur
Pincode 577550
Area (hectares) 783.73 hectares
Population 630
Male Population 332
Female Population 298
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 898
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Melenahalli compares

By the 2011 count Melenahalli is the 128th largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 890 residents. Its 783.73 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Melenahalli

Melenahalli is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Melenahalli as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Melenahalli from other places

Melenahalli lies about 46 km from Chikmagalur, and the nearest railway station is Nagavangala, about 2.4 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 Melenahalli
Nearest railway station Nagavangala 2.4 km
Nearest town Birūr 9.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Kadur 13 km
District headquarters Chikmagalur 46 km

Villages closest to Melenahalli

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

Common questions about Melenahalli

As per the Census of India 2011, Melenahalli village had a population of 630. That makes it the 128th largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 890 residents.

Melenahalli village has 332 males and 298 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melenahalli has about 898 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Melenahalli is 577550. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melenahalli covers 783.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Melenahalli falls under Kadur tehsil of Chikmagalur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Melenahalli is Nagavangala, about 2.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Melenahalli.

Melenahalli is about 46 km from Chikmagalur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melenahalli is in Kadur tehsil of Chikmagalur district. Nagavangala is about 2.4 km away. Birūr is about 9.1 km away. Kadur is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are K Chomanahalli (1.8 km), M Chomanahalli (1.8 km) and Hirenalluru (3.0 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Melenahalli today is likely to be higher.

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