About Melu Khedi Village

Melu Khedi is a mid sized village in Tal tehsil, in the district of Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 989, made up of 520 males and 469 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 902 females per 1000 males. The village covers 574.78 hectares hectares.

Melu Khedi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melu Khedi village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Ratlam
Tehsil	Tal
Area (hectares)	574.78 hectares
Population	989
Male Population	520
Female Population	469
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	902
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 Melu Khedi compares

By the 2011 count Melu Khedi is the 41st largest of the 84 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,075 residents. Its 574.78 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 952.

Getting to Melu Khedi

Melu Khedi is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Melu Khedi 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 Melu Khedi from other places

Melu Khedi lies about 54 km from Ratlam, and the nearest railway station is Dhodhar, about 17 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 Melu Khedi
Tehsil headquarters	Tal	13 km
Nearest railway station	Dhodhar	17 km
Nearest town	Jaora	21 km
District headquarters	Ratlam	54 km

Villages closest to Melu Khedi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Tal 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 Melu Khedi

As per the Census of India 2011, Melu Khedi village had a population of 989. That makes it the 41st largest of the 84 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,075 residents.

Melu Khedi village has 520 males and 469 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melu Khedi has about 902 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 952.

Melu Khedi covers 574.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Melu Khedi falls under Tal tehsil of Ratlam district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Melu Khedi is Dhodhar, about 17 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 Melu Khedi.

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

Melu Khedi is in Tal tehsil of Ratlam district. Tal is about 13 km away. Dhodhar is about 17 km away. Jaora is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.