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About Melinakiragunasi Village

Melinakiragunasi is a small village in Sorab tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 98, made up of 52 males and 46 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 885 females per 1000 males. The village covers 100.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577434, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melinakiragunasi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melinakiragunasi village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Shimoga
Tehsil Sorab
Pincode 577434
Area (hectares) 100.73 hectares
Population 98
Male Population 52
Female Population 46
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 885
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Melinakiragunasi compares

By the 2011 count Melinakiragunasi is the 242nd largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 676 residents. Its 100.73 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Melinakiragunasi

Melinakiragunasi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Melinakiragunasi 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 Melinakiragunasi from other places

Melinakiragunasi lies about 64 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Sagar Jambagaru, about 4.1 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 Melinakiragunasi
Nearest railway station Sagar Jambagaru 4.1 km
Nearest town Sāgar 4.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Sorab 21 km
District headquarters Shimoga 64 km

Villages closest to Melinakiragunasi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melinakiragunasi village had a population of 98. That makes it the 242nd largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 676 residents.

Melinakiragunasi village has 52 males and 46 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melinakiragunasi has about 885 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Melinakiragunasi is 577434. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melinakiragunasi covers 100.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Melinakiragunasi falls under Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Melinakiragunasi is Sagar Jambagaru, about 4.1 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 Melinakiragunasi.

Melinakiragunasi is about 64 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melinakiragunasi is in Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district. Sagar Jambagaru is about 4.1 km away. Sāgar is about 4.4 km away. Sorab is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Amachi (5.3 km), Halasinakoppa (6.3 km) and Barige (7.6 km).

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

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