About Melchembu Village

Melchembu is a large village in Madikeri tehsil, in the district of Kodagu, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,887, made up of 1,901 males and 1,986 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,045 females per 1000 males. The village covers 4939.14 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 574234, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melchembu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melchembu village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Kodagu
Tehsil	Madikeri
Pincode	574234
Area (hectares)	4939.14 hectares
Population	3,887
Male Population	1,901
Female Population	1,986
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,045
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Melchembu compares

By the 2011 count Melchembu is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,690 residents. Its 4939.14 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 1005.

Getting to Melchembu

Melchembu is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Melchembu 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. The nearest villages by name are M Badaga, Made, Makkandur and Maragodu. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Melchembu

As per the Census of India 2011, Melchembu village had a population of 3,887. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,690 residents.

Melchembu village has 1,901 males and 1,986 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melchembu has about 1045 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1005.

The pincode recorded for Melchembu is 574234. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melchembu covers 4939.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Melchembu falls under Madikeri tehsil of Kodagu district in Karnataka.

The census record for Melchembu notes the nearest railway station 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 Melchembu.

Melchembu is in Madikeri tehsil of Kodagu district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.