About Melmath Village

Melmath is a mid sized village in Ron tehsil, in the district of Gadag, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 512, made up of 261 males and 251 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 962 females per 1000 males. The village covers 834.76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 582202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melmath Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melmath village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Gadag
Tehsil	Ron
Pincode	582202
Area (hectares)	834.76 hectares
Population	512
Male Population	261
Female Population	251
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	962
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Melmath compares

By the 2011 count Melmath is the 88th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,062 residents. Its 834.76 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Melmath

Melmath is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Melmath as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Melmath from other places

Melmath lies about 33 km from Gadag, and the nearest railway station is Somanakatti, about 4.9 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 Melmath
Nearest railway station	Somanakatti	4.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ron	14 km
District headquarters	Gadag	33 km

Villages closest to Melmath

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melmath village had a population of 512. That makes it the 88th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,062 residents.

Melmath village has 261 males and 251 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melmath has about 962 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Melmath is 582202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melmath covers 834.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Melmath falls under Ron tehsil of Gadag district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Melmath is Somanakatti, about 4.9 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 10+ km distance for Melmath.

Melmath is about 33 km from Gadag in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melmath is in Ron tehsil of Gadag district. Somanakatti is about 4.9 km away. Ron is about 14 km away. Gadag is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.