About Melige Village

Melige is a mid sized village in Tirthahalli tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 882, made up of 420 males and 462 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,100 females per 1000 males. The village covers 352.15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577415, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melige Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melige village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Tirthahalli
Pincode	577415
Area (hectares)	352.15 hectares
Population	882
Male Population	420
Female Population	462
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,100
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Melige compares

By the 2011 count Melige is the 36th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 524 residents. Its 352.15 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1033.

Getting to Melige

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

Melige lies about 42 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Arasalu, about 37 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 Melige
Tehsil headquarters	Tirthahalli	5.1 km
Nearest town	Someshwar	31 km
Nearest railway station	Arasalu	37 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	42 km

Villages closest to Melige

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melige village had a population of 882. That makes it the 36th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 524 residents.

Melige village has 420 males and 462 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melige has about 1100 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1033.

The pincode recorded for Melige is 577415. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melige covers 352.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Melige falls under Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Melige is Arasalu, about 37 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 Melige.

Melige is about 42 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melige is in Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district. Tirthahalli is about 5.1 km away. Someshwar is about 31 km away. Arasalu is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.