About Melanthabettu Village

Melanthabettu is a mid sized village in Beltangadi tehsil, in the district of Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,930, made up of 954 males and 976 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,023 females per 1000 males. The village covers 513.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 574214, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melanthabettu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melanthabettu village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Dakshina Kannada
Tehsil	Beltangadi
Pincode	574214
Area (hectares)	513.52 hectares
Population	1,930
Male Population	954
Female Population	976
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,023
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Melanthabettu compares

By the 2011 count Melanthabettu is the 62nd largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,187 residents. Its 513.52 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1024.

Getting to Melanthabettu

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

Melanthabettu lies about 18 km from Dakshina Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Neralakatte, about 24 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 Melanthabettu
Tehsil headquarters	Beltangadi	2.7 km
District headquarters	Dakshina Kannada	18 km
Nearest railway station	Neralakatte	24 km
Nearest town	Bantvāl	27 km

Villages closest to Melanthabettu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melanthabettu village had a population of 1,930. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,187 residents.

Melanthabettu village has 954 males and 976 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melanthabettu has about 1023 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1024.

The pincode recorded for Melanthabettu is 574214. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melanthabettu covers 513.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Melanthabettu falls under Beltangadi tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Melanthabettu is Neralakatte, about 24 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 Melanthabettu.

Melanthabettu is about 18 km from Dakshina Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melanthabettu is in Beltangadi tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district. Beltangadi is about 2.7 km away. Dakshina Kannada is about 18 km away. Neralakatte is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.