About Melkheda Village

Melkheda is a large village in Shamgarh tehsil, in the district of Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,867, made up of 1,988 males and 1,879 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 945 females per 1000 males. The village covers 670 hectares hectares.

Melkheda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melkheda village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Mandsaur
Tehsil	Shamgarh
Area (hectares)	670 hectares
Population	3,867
Male Population	1,988
Female Population	1,879
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	945
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Melkheda compares

By the 2011 count Melkheda is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,079 residents. Its 670 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 963.

Getting to Melkheda

Melkheda is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Melkheda 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Melkheda from other places

Melkheda lies about 54 km from Mandsaur. 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 Melkheda
Tehsil headquarters	Shamgarh	8.4 km
Nearest town	Shāmgarh	8.4 km
District headquarters	Mandsaur	54 km

Villages closest to Melkheda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melkheda village had a population of 3,867. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,079 residents.

Melkheda village has 1,988 males and 1,879 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melkheda has about 945 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 963.

Melkheda covers 670 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Melkheda falls under Shamgarh tehsil of Mandsaur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The census record for Melkheda notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 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 Melkheda.

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

Melkheda is in Shamgarh tehsil of Mandsaur district. Shamgarh is about 8.4 km away. Shāmgarh is about 8.4 km away. Mandsaur is about 54 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.