About Melukote Village

Melukote is a large village in Pandavapura tehsil, in the district of Mandya, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,315, made up of 1,652 males and 1,663 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,007 females per 1000 males. The village covers 489.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571431, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melukote Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melukote village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Mandya
Tehsil	Pandavapura
Pincode	571431
Area (hectares)	489.5 hectares
Population	3,315
Male Population	1,652
Female Population	1,663
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,007
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Melukote compares

By the 2011 count Melukote is the 8th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,171 residents. Its 489.5 hectares work out to about 6.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 982.

Getting to Melukote

Melukote is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Melukote 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Melukote from other places

Melukote lies about 31 km from Mandya, and the nearest railway station is Byadarahalli, about 21 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 Melukote
Nearest town	Krishnarājpet	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pandavapura	18 km
Nearest railway station	Byadarahalli	21 km
District headquarters	Mandya	31 km

Villages closest to Melukote

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melukote village had a population of 3,315. That makes it the 8th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,171 residents.

Melukote village has 1,652 males and 1,663 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melukote has about 1007 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 982.

The pincode recorded for Melukote is 571431. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melukote covers 489.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Melukote falls under Pandavapura tehsil of Mandya district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Melukote is Byadarahalli, about 21 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Melukote.

Melukote is about 31 km from Mandya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melukote is in Pandavapura tehsil of Mandya district. Krishnarājpet is about 18 km away. Pandavapura is about 18 km away. Byadarahalli is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.