About Melur Village

Melur is a mid sized village in Piriyapatna tehsil, in the district of Mysore, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,067, made up of 542 males and 525 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 969 females per 1000 males. The village covers 311.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Mysore
Tehsil	Piriyapatna
Pincode	571102
Area (hectares)	311.06 hectares
Population	1,067
Male Population	542
Female Population	525
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 10+ km distance

How Melur compares

By the 2011 count Melur is the 82nd largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,166 residents. Its 311.06 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Melur

Melur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Melur 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Melur from other places

Melur lies about 56 km from Mysore, and the nearest railway station is Hosa Agrahara, about 22 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 Melur
Tehsil headquarters	Piriyapatna	20 km
Nearest railway station	Hosa Agrahara	22 km
Nearest town	Krishnarājāsāgara	24 km
District headquarters	Mysore	56 km

Villages closest to Melur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melur village had a population of 1,067. That makes it the 82nd largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,166 residents.

Melur village has 542 males and 525 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melur has about 969 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Melur is 571102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melur covers 311.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Melur falls under Piriyapatna tehsil of Mysore district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Melur is Hosa Agrahara, about 22 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 5 - 10 km distance for Melur.

Melur is about 56 km from Mysore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melur is in Piriyapatna tehsil of Mysore district. Piriyapatna is about 20 km away. Hosa Agrahara is about 22 km away. Krishnarājāsāgara is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.