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About Melinapadaravalli Village

Melinapadaravalli is a small village in Tirthahalli tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 158, made up of 79 males and 79 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 97 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melinapadaravalli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melinapadaravalli village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Shimoga
Tehsil Tirthahalli
Pincode 577220
Area (hectares) 97 hectares
Population 158
Male Population 79
Female Population 79
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Melinapadaravalli compares

By the 2011 count Melinapadaravalli is the 199th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 524 residents. Its 97 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 1033.

Getting to Melinapadaravalli

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

Melinapadaravalli lies about 20 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Shivamogga - SME, about 21 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 Melinapadaravalli
District headquarters Shimoga 20 km
Nearest town Shivamogga 20 km
Nearest railway station Shivamogga - SME 21 km
Tehsil headquarters Tirthahalli 27 km

Villages closest to Melinapadaravalli

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 Melinapadaravalli

As per the Census of India 2011, Melinapadaravalli village had a population of 158. That makes it the 199th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 524 residents.

Melinapadaravalli village has 79 males and 79 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melinapadaravalli has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1033.

The pincode recorded for Melinapadaravalli is 577220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melinapadaravalli covers 97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Melinapadaravalli falls under Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Melinapadaravalli is Shivamogga - SME, about 21 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 Melinapadaravalli.

Melinapadaravalli is about 20 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melinapadaravalli is in Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district. Shimoga is about 20 km away. Shivamogga is about 20 km away. Shivamogga - SME 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 Aklapura (under 2 km), Kelanarasi (1.8 km) and Halasavala (2.7 km).

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

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