About Melbilre Village

Melbilre is a mid sized village in Koppa tehsil, in the district of Chikmagalur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 572, made up of 284 males and 288 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,014 females per 1000 males. The village covers 533.17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577120, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melbilre Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melbilre village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chikmagalur
Tehsil	Koppa
Pincode	577120
Area (hectares)	533.17 hectares
Population	572
Male Population	284
Female Population	288
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,014
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Melbilre compares

By the 2011 count Melbilre is the 53rd largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,000 residents. Its 533.17 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1036.

Getting to Melbilre

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

Melbilre lies about 57 km from Chikmagalur, and the nearest railway station is Arasalu, about 56 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 Melbilre
Tehsil headquarters	Koppa	9.8 km
Nearest town	Someshwar	23 km
Nearest railway station	Arasalu	56 km
District headquarters	Chikmagalur	57 km

Villages closest to Melbilre

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melbilre village had a population of 572. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,000 residents.

Melbilre village has 284 males and 288 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melbilre has about 1014 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Melbilre is 577120. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melbilre covers 533.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Melbilre falls under Koppa tehsil of Chikmagalur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Melbilre is Arasalu, about 56 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 Melbilre.

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

Melbilre is in Koppa tehsil of Chikmagalur district. Koppa is about 9.8 km away. Someshwar is about 23 km away. Arasalu is about 56 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.