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About Melinavalagerahalli Village

Melinavalagerahalli is a mid sized village in Turuvekere tehsil, in the district of Tumkur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,134, made up of 563 males and 571 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,014 females per 1000 males. The village covers 516.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 572221, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melinavalagerahalli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melinavalagerahalli village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Tumkur
Tehsil Turuvekere
Pincode 572221
Area (hectares) 516.06 hectares
Population 1,134
Male Population 563
Female Population 571
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,014
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Melinavalagerahalli compares

By the 2011 count Melinavalagerahalli is the 30th largest of the 226 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 653 residents. Its 516.06 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Melinavalagerahalli

Melinavalagerahalli is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Melinavalagerahalli as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Melinavalagerahalli from other places

Melinavalagerahalli lies about 54 km from Tumkur, and the nearest railway station is B.G Nagar, about 13 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 Melinavalagerahalli
Tehsil headquarters Turuvekere 10 km
Nearest railway station B.G Nagar 13 km
Nearest town Tiptūr 30 km
District headquarters Tumkur 54 km

Villages closest to Melinavalagerahalli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melinavalagerahalli village had a population of 1,134. That makes it the 30th largest of the 226 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 653 residents.

Melinavalagerahalli village has 563 males and 571 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melinavalagerahalli has about 1014 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Melinavalagerahalli is 572221. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melinavalagerahalli covers 516.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Melinavalagerahalli falls under Turuvekere tehsil of Tumkur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Melinavalagerahalli is B.G Nagar, about 13 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 5 - 10 km distance for Melinavalagerahalli.

Melinavalagerahalli is about 54 km from Tumkur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melinavalagerahalli is in Turuvekere tehsil of Tumkur district. Turuvekere is about 10 km away. B.G Nagar is about 13 km away. Tiptūr is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Devanayakanahalli (under 2 km), Nagalapura (2.0 km) and Mavinakere (2.7 km).

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

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