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About Melinahosahalli Village

Melinahosahalli is a small village in Arsikere tehsil, in the district of Hassan, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 252, made up of 128 males and 124 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 969 females per 1000 males. The village covers 158.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 573112, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melinahosahalli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melinahosahalli village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Hassan
Tehsil Arsikere
Pincode 573112
Area (hectares) 158.64 hectares
Population 252
Male Population 128
Female Population 124
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 969
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Melinahosahalli compares

By the 2011 count Melinahosahalli is the 250th largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 764 residents. Its 158.64 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 well below the tehsil average of 1018.

Getting to Melinahosahalli

Melinahosahalli is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Melinahosahalli as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Melinahosahalli from other places

Melinahosahalli lies about 40 km from Hassan, and the nearest railway station is Banavar, about 5.8 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 Melinahosahalli
Nearest railway station Banavar 5.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Arsikere 18 km
District headquarters Hassan 40 km

Villages closest to Melinahosahalli

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

Common questions about Melinahosahalli

As per the Census of India 2011, Melinahosahalli village had a population of 252. That makes it the 250th largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 764 residents.

Melinahosahalli village has 128 males and 124 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melinahosahalli has about 969 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1018.

The pincode recorded for Melinahosahalli is 573112. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melinahosahalli covers 158.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Melinahosahalli falls under Arsikere tehsil of Hassan district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Melinahosahalli is Banavar, about 5.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Melinahosahalli.

Melinahosahalli is about 40 km from Hassan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melinahosahalli is in Arsikere tehsil of Hassan district. Banavar is about 5.8 km away. Arsikere is about 18 km away. Hassan is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Savanthanahalli (under 2 km), Chikkajjikattehalli (1.8 km) and Beluvalli (1.8 km).

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

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