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About Melekote Village

Melekote is a mid sized village in Sira tehsil, in the district of Tumkur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,316, made up of 675 males and 641 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 950 females per 1000 males. The village covers 408.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 572139, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melekote Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melekote village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Tumkur
Tehsil Sira
Pincode 572139
Area (hectares) 408.88 hectares
Population 1,316
Male Population 675
Female Population 641
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 950
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Melekote compares

By the 2011 count Melekote is the 66th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,149 residents. Its 408.88 hectares work out to about 3.2 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 a little below the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Melekote

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

Melekote lies about 64 km from Tumkur, and the nearest railway station is Balenahalli, about 52 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 Melekote
Tehsil headquarters Sira 16 km
Nearest town Sīra 16 km
Nearest railway station Balenahalli 52 km
District headquarters Tumkur 64 km

Villages closest to Melekote

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melekote village had a population of 1,316. That makes it the 66th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,149 residents.

Melekote village has 675 males and 641 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melekote has about 950 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 969.

The pincode recorded for Melekote is 572139. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melekote covers 408.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Melekote falls under Sira tehsil of Tumkur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Melekote is Balenahalli, about 52 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 Melekote.

Melekote is about 64 km from Tumkur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melekote is in Sira tehsil of Tumkur district. Sira is about 16 km away. Sīra is about 16 km away. Balenahalli is about 52 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Maranagere (3.2 km), Mosarakunte (3.4 km) and Hunasehalli (3.5 km).

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

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