About Melane Village

Melane is a large village in Chopda tehsil, in the district of Jalgaon, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,556, made up of 1,303 males and 1,253 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 962 females per 1000 males. The village covers 279 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 424074, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melane Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melane village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Jalgaon
Tehsil	Chopda
Pincode	424074
Area (hectares)	279 hectares
Population	2,556
Male Population	1,303
Female Population	1,253
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	962
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Melane compares

By the 2011 count Melane is the 25th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,161 residents. Its 279 hectares work out to about 9.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 942.

Getting to Melane

Melane is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Melane as Available within village. 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 Melane from other places

Melane lies about 44 km from Jalgaon, and the nearest railway station is Paldhi, about 39 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
Tehsil headquarters	Chopda	20 km
Nearest railway station	Paldhi	39 km
District headquarters	Jalgaon	44 km

Villages closest to Melane

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melane village had a population of 2,556. That makes it the 25th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,161 residents.

Melane village has 1,303 males and 1,253 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melane has about 962 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 942.

The pincode recorded for Melane is 424074. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melane covers 279 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Melane falls under Chopda tehsil of Jalgaon district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Melane is Paldhi, about 39 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Melane.

Melane is about 44 km from Jalgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melane is in Chopda tehsil of Jalgaon district. Chopda is about 20 km away. Paldhi is about 39 km away. Jalgaon is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.