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About Melanahalli Village

Melanahalli is a small village in Belur tehsil, in the district of Hassan, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 80, made up of 37 males and 43 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,162 females per 1000 males. The village covers 106.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 573115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melanahalli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melanahalli village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Hassan
Tehsil Belur
Pincode 573115
Area (hectares) 106.88 hectares
Population 80
Male Population 37
Female Population 43
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,162
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Melanahalli compares

By the 2011 count Melanahalli is the 285th largest of the 331 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 460 residents. Its 106.88 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Melanahalli

Melanahalli is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Melanahalli as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Melanahalli from other places

Melanahalli lies about 39 km from Hassan, and the nearest railway station is Sakleshpur, about 4.0 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 Melanahalli
Nearest railway station Sakleshpur 4.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Belur 27 km
District headquarters Hassan 39 km

Villages closest to Melanahalli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melanahalli village had a population of 80. That makes it the 285th largest of the 331 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 460 residents.

Melanahalli village has 37 males and 43 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melanahalli has about 1162 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Melanahalli is 573115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melanahalli covers 106.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Melanahalli falls under Belur tehsil of Hassan district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Melanahalli is Sakleshpur, about 4.0 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Melanahalli.

Melanahalli is about 39 km from Hassan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melanahalli is in Belur tehsil of Hassan district. Sakleshpur is about 4.0 km away. Belur is about 27 km away. Hassan is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Shanuboganahalli (under 2 km), Sulagalale (4.0 km) and Goravanahalli (5.2 km).

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

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