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About Melane Village

Melane is a mid sized village in Sindkhede tehsil, in the district of Dhule, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 826, made up of 428 males and 398 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 930 females per 1000 males. The village covers 404.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 425406, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melane Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melane village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Dhule
Tehsil Sindkhede
Pincode 425406
Area (hectares) 404.79 hectares
Population 826
Male Population 428
Female Population 398
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 930
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Melane compares

By the 2011 count Melane is the 111th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,946 residents. Its 404.79 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, much in line with the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Melane

Melane is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Melane as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Melane from other places

Melane lies about 32 km from Dhule, and the nearest railway station is Nardana, about 2.1 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 Melane
Nearest railway station Nardana 2.1 km
Nearest town Shirpur 19 km
Tehsil headquarters Sindkhede 32 km
District headquarters Dhule 32 km

Villages closest to Melane

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

Common questions about Melane

As per the Census of India 2011, Melane village had a population of 826. That makes it the 111th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,946 residents.

Melane village has 428 males and 398 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melane has about 930 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 943.

The pincode recorded for Melane is 425406. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melane covers 404.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Melane falls under Sindkhede tehsil of Dhule district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Melane is Nardana, about 2.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Melane.

Melane is about 32 km from Dhule in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melane is in Sindkhede tehsil of Dhule district. Nardana is about 2.1 km away. Shirpur is about 19 km away. Sindkhede is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kumbhare (under 2 km), Jatode (1.8 km) and Nardane (2.7 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Melane today is likely to be higher.

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