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About Melina Sampalli Village

Melina Sampalli is a small village in Hosanagara tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 485, made up of 242 males and 243 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,004 females per 1000 males. The village covers 761.33 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577412, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melina Sampalli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melina Sampalli village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Shimoga
Tehsil Hosanagara
Pincode 577412
Area (hectares) 761.33 hectares
Population 485
Male Population 242
Female Population 243
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,004
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Melina Sampalli compares

By the 2011 count Melina Sampalli is the 92nd largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 556 residents. Its 761.33 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Melina Sampalli

Melina Sampalli is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Melina Sampalli as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Melina Sampalli from other places

Melina Sampalli lies about 52 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Anandapuram, about 15 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 Melina Sampalli
Tehsil headquarters Hosanagara 11 km
Nearest railway station Anandapuram 15 km
Nearest town Sāgar 19 km
District headquarters Shimoga 52 km

Villages closest to Melina Sampalli

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Hosanagara 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 Melina Sampalli

As per the Census of India 2011, Melina Sampalli village had a population of 485. That makes it the 92nd largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 556 residents.

Melina Sampalli village has 242 males and 243 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melina Sampalli has about 1004 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Melina Sampalli is 577412. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melina Sampalli covers 761.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Melina Sampalli falls under Hosanagara tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Melina Sampalli is Anandapuram, about 15 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 km distance for Melina Sampalli.

Melina Sampalli is about 52 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melina Sampalli is in Hosanagara tehsil of Shimoga district. Hosanagara is about 11 km away. Anandapuram is about 15 km away. Sāgar is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gudodi (2.2 km), Nelagalale (3.1 km) and H Kallukoppa (3.4 km).

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

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