About Melkalma Village

Melkalma is a mid sized village in Sawer tehsil, in the district of Indore, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 786, made up of 402 males and 384 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 955 females per 1000 males. The village covers 616.86 hectares hectares.

Melkalma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melkalma village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Indore
Tehsil	Sawer
Area (hectares)	616.86 hectares
Population	786
Male Population	402
Female Population	384
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	955
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Melkalma compares

By the 2011 count Melkalma is the 85th largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,378 residents. Its 616.86 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 957.

Getting to Melkalma

Melkalma is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Melkalma as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Melkalma from other places

Melkalma lies about 23 km from Indore, and the nearest railway station is Dakchya, about 10 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 Melkalma
Nearest railway station	Dakchya	10 km
Nearest town	Dewas	18 km
District headquarters	Indore	23 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sawer	28 km

Villages closest to Melkalma

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melkalma village had a population of 786. That makes it the 85th largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,378 residents.

Melkalma village has 402 males and 384 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melkalma has about 955 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 957.

Melkalma covers 616.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Melkalma falls under Sawer tehsil of Indore district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Melkalma is Dakchya, about 10 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Melkalma.

Melkalma is about 23 km from Indore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melkalma is in Sawer tehsil of Indore district. Dakchya is about 10 km away. Dewas is about 18 km away. Indore is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.