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About Melinakuruvalli Village

Melinakuruvalli is a large village in Tirthahalli tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,554, made up of 1,284 males and 1,270 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 989 females per 1000 males. The village covers 566.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577432, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melinakuruvalli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melinakuruvalli village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Shimoga
Tehsil Tirthahalli
Pincode 577432
Area (hectares) 566.04 hectares
Population 2,554
Male Population 1,284
Female Population 1,270
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 989
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Melinakuruvalli compares

By the 2011 count Melinakuruvalli is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 524 residents. Its 566.04 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1033.

Getting to Melinakuruvalli

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

Melinakuruvalli lies about 44 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 Melinakuruvalli
Tehsil headquarters Tirthahalli 1.8 km
Nearest town Someshwar 29 km
Nearest railway station Arasalu 37 km
District headquarters Shimoga 44 km

Villages closest to Melinakuruvalli

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.

Common questions about Melinakuruvalli

As per the Census of India 2011, Melinakuruvalli village had a population of 2,554. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 524 residents.

Melinakuruvalli village has 1,284 males and 1,270 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melinakuruvalli has about 989 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1033.

The pincode recorded for Melinakuruvalli is 577432. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melinakuruvalli covers 566.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Melinakuruvalli falls under Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Melinakuruvalli 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Melinakuruvalli.

Melinakuruvalli is about 44 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melinakuruvalli is in Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district. Tirthahalli is about 1.8 km away. Someshwar is about 29 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.

The closest recorded villages are Buklapura (under 2 km), Guruvalli (under 2 km) and Theerthahalli (1.8 km).

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

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