About Melukunte Village

Melukunte is a large village in Sira tehsil, in the district of Tumkur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,326, made up of 2,195 males and 2,131 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 971 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1933.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 572137, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melukunte Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melukunte village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Tumkur
Tehsil	Sira
Pincode	572137
Area (hectares)	1933.68 hectares
Population	4,326
Male Population	2,195
Female Population	2,131
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	971
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Melukunte compares

By the 2011 count Melukunte is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,149 residents. Its 1933.68 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Melukunte

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

Melukunte lies about 57 km from Tumkur, and the nearest railway station is Pavagada, about 50 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 Melukunte
Tehsil headquarters	Sira	9.6 km
Nearest town	Sīra	9.6 km
Nearest railway station	Pavagada	50 km
District headquarters	Tumkur	57 km

Villages closest to Melukunte

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.

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Common questions about Melukunte

As per the Census of India 2011, Melukunte village had a population of 4,326. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,149 residents.

Melukunte village has 2,195 males and 2,131 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melukunte has about 971 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 969.

The pincode recorded for Melukunte is 572137. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melukunte covers 1933.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Melukunte falls under Sira tehsil of Tumkur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Melukunte is Pavagada, about 50 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 Melukunte.

Melukunte is about 57 km from Tumkur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melukunte is in Sira tehsil of Tumkur district. Sira is about 9.6 km away. Sīra is about 9.6 km away. Pavagada is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.