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About Melehalli Village

Melehalli is a small village in Koratagere tehsil, in the district of Tumkur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 153, made up of 72 males and 81 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,125 females per 1000 males. The village covers 79.41 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 572129, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melehalli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melehalli village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Tumkur
Tehsil Koratagere
Pincode 572129
Area (hectares) 79.41 hectares
Population 153
Male Population 72
Female Population 81
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,125
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Melehalli compares

By the 2011 count Melehalli is the 189th largest of the 226 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 660 residents. Its 79.41 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 976.

Getting to Melehalli

Melehalli is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Melehalli as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Melehalli from other places

Melehalli lies about 25 km from Tumkur, and the nearest railway station is Kyatsandra, about 23 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 Melehalli
Tehsil headquarters Koratagere 8.8 km
Nearest railway station Kyatsandra 23 km
Nearest town Madhugiri 23 km
District headquarters Tumkur 25 km

Villages closest to Melehalli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melehalli village had a population of 153. That makes it the 189th largest of the 226 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 660 residents.

Melehalli village has 72 males and 81 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melehalli has about 1125 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 976.

The pincode recorded for Melehalli is 572129. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melehalli covers 79.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Melehalli falls under Koratagere tehsil of Tumkur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Melehalli is Kyatsandra, about 23 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 10+ km distance for Melehalli.

Melehalli is about 25 km from Tumkur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melehalli is in Koratagere tehsil of Tumkur district. Koratagere is about 8.8 km away. Kyatsandra is about 23 km away. Madhugiri is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Veerapura (under 2 km), Gaddobanahalli (under 2 km) and Kenganapalya (1.5 km).

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

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