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About Melin Onikeri Village

Melin Onikeri is a mid sized village in Sirsi tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 536, made up of 262 males and 274 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,046 females per 1000 males. The village covers 485.92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581402, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melin Onikeri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melin Onikeri village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Uttara Kannada
Tehsil Sirsi
Pincode 581402
Area (hectares) 485.92 hectares
Population 536
Male Population 262
Female Population 274
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,046
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Melin Onikeri compares

By the 2011 count Melin Onikeri is the 82nd largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 548 residents. Its 485.92 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 988.

Getting to Melin Onikeri

Melin Onikeri is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Melin Onikeri as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Melin Onikeri from other places

Melin Onikeri lies about 21 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Mirjan, about 39 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 Melin Onikeri
Tehsil headquarters Sirsi 11 km
District headquarters Uttara Kannada 21 km
Nearest railway station Mirjan 39 km

Villages closest to Melin Onikeri

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sirsi 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 Melin Onikeri

As per the Census of India 2011, Melin Onikeri village had a population of 536. That makes it the 82nd largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 548 residents.

Melin Onikeri village has 262 males and 274 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melin Onikeri has about 1046 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 988.

The pincode recorded for Melin Onikeri is 581402. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melin Onikeri covers 485.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Melin Onikeri falls under Sirsi tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Melin Onikeri is Mirjan, about 39 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 5 - 10 km distance for Melin Onikeri.

Melin Onikeri is about 21 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melin Onikeri is in Sirsi tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Sirsi is about 11 km away. Uttara Kannada is about 21 km away. Mirjan is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kelgin Onikeri (under 2 km), Modur (1.5 km) and Tattisar (2.2 km).

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

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