About Melkhedi Village

Melkhedi is a mid sized village in Maheshwar tehsil, in the district of Khargone, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 894, made up of 432 males and 462 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,069 females per 1000 males. The village covers 314.75 hectares hectares.

Melkhedi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melkhedi village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Khargone
Tehsil	Maheshwar
Area (hectares)	314.75 hectares
Population	894
Male Population	432
Female Population	462
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,069
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Melkhedi compares

By the 2011 count Melkhedi is the 86th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,128 residents. Its 314.75 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Melkhedi

Melkhedi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Melkhedi as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Melkhedi from other places

Melkhedi lies about 8.6 km from Khargone, and the nearest railway station is Hathi gate station, about 53 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 Melkhedi
District headquarters	Khargone	8.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Maheshwar	32 km
Nearest railway station	Hathi gate station	53 km

Villages closest to Melkhedi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melkhedi village had a population of 894. That makes it the 86th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,128 residents.

Melkhedi village has 432 males and 462 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melkhedi has about 1069 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 981.

Melkhedi covers 314.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Melkhedi falls under Maheshwar tehsil of Khargone district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Melkhedi is Hathi gate station, about 53 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Melkhedi.

Melkhedi is about 8.6 km from Khargone in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melkhedi is in Maheshwar tehsil of Khargone district. Khargone is about 8.6 km away. Maheshwar is about 32 km away. Hathi gate station is about 53 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.