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About Melinakanive Village

Melinakanive is a mid sized village in Molakalmuru tehsil, in the district of Chitradurga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,474, made up of 752 males and 722 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 960 females per 1000 males. The village covers 640.81 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577540, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melinakanive Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melinakanive village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Chitradurga
Tehsil Molakalmuru
Pincode 577540
Area (hectares) 640.81 hectares
Population 1,474
Male Population 752
Female Population 722
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 960
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Melinakanive compares

By the 2011 count Melinakanive is the 30th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,630 residents. Its 640.81 hectares work out to about 2.3 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 954.

Getting to Melinakanive

Melinakanive is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Melinakanive 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. The nearest villages by name are Malleharavu, Marammanahalli, Marlahalli and Matadajogihalli. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Melinakanive

As per the Census of India 2011, Melinakanive village had a population of 1,474. That makes it the 30th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,630 residents.

Melinakanive village has 752 males and 722 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melinakanive has about 960 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 954.

The pincode recorded for Melinakanive is 577540. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melinakanive covers 640.81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Melinakanive falls under Molakalmuru tehsil of Chitradurga district in Karnataka.

The census record for Melinakanive notes the nearest railway station 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 Melinakanive.

Melinakanive is in Molakalmuru tehsil of Chitradurga district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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