About Melanaikanakatte Village

Melanaikanakatte is a mid sized village in Channagiri tehsil, in the district of Davanagere, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,016, made up of 508 males and 508 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 550.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577512, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melanaikanakatte Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melanaikanakatte village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Davanagere
Tehsil	Channagiri
Pincode	577512
Area (hectares)	550.45 hectares
Population	1,016
Male Population	508
Female Population	508
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Melanaikanakatte compares

By the 2011 count Melanaikanakatte is the 95th largest of the 188 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,460 residents. Its 550.45 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Melanaikanakatte

Melanaikanakatte is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Melanaikanakatte as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Melanaikanakatte from other places

Melanaikanakatte lies about 46 km from Davanagere, and the nearest railway station is Shimoga Bidare, about 28 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 Melanaikanakatte
Tehsil headquarters	Channagiri	8.9 km
Nearest railway station	Shimoga Bidare	28 km
District headquarters	Davanagere	46 km

Villages closest to Melanaikanakatte

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melanaikanakatte village had a population of 1,016. That makes it the 95th largest of the 188 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,460 residents.

Melanaikanakatte village has 508 males and 508 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melanaikanakatte has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Melanaikanakatte is 577512. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melanaikanakatte covers 550.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Melanaikanakatte falls under Channagiri tehsil of Davanagere district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Melanaikanakatte is Shimoga Bidare, about 28 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Melanaikanakatte.

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

Melanaikanakatte is in Channagiri tehsil of Davanagere district. Channagiri is about 8.9 km away. Shimoga Bidare is about 28 km away. Davanagere is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.