About Melan Village

Melan is a small village in Pansemal tehsil, in the district of Barwani, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 377, made up of 194 males and 183 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 943 females per 1000 males. The village covers 185.72 hectares hectares.

Melan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melan village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Barwani
Tehsil	Pansemal
Area (hectares)	185.72 hectares
Population	377
Male Population	194
Female Population	183
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	943
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Melan compares

By the 2011 count Melan is the 89th largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,264 residents. Its 185.72 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1000.

Getting to Melan

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

Melan lies about 50 km from Barwani, and the nearest railway station is Ranala, about 36 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 Melan
Tehsil headquarters	Pansemal	7.7 km
Nearest town	Shāhāda	20 km
Nearest railway station	Ranala	36 km
District headquarters	Barwani	50 km

Villages closest to Melan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melan village had a population of 377. That makes it the 89th largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,264 residents.

Melan village has 194 males and 183 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melan has about 943 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1000.

Melan covers 185.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Melan falls under Pansemal tehsil of Barwani district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Melan is Ranala, about 36 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 Melan.

Melan is about 50 km from Barwani in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melan is in Pansemal tehsil of Barwani district. Pansemal is about 7.7 km away. Shāhāda is about 20 km away. Ranala is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.