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About Melinakadagodu Village

Melinakadagodu is a small village in Tirthahalli tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 178, made up of 83 males and 95 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,145 females per 1000 males. The village covers 242.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577422, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melinakadagodu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melinakadagodu village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Shimoga
Tehsil Tirthahalli
Pincode 577422
Area (hectares) 242.64 hectares
Population 178
Male Population 83
Female Population 95
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,145
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Melinakadagodu compares

By the 2011 count Melinakadagodu is the 190th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 524 residents. Its 242.64 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1033.

Getting to Melinakadagodu

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

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 Melinakadagodu

As per the Census of India 2011, Melinakadagodu village had a population of 178. That makes it the 190th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 524 residents.

Melinakadagodu village has 83 males and 95 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melinakadagodu has about 1145 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1033.

The pincode recorded for Melinakadagodu is 577422. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melinakadagodu covers 242.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Melinakadagodu falls under Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The census record for Melinakadagodu notes the nearest railway station 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 Melinakadagodu.

Melinakadagodu is in Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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