About Melaka Village

Melaka is a small village in Kuakhia tehsil, in the district of Jajapur, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 303, made up of 158 males and 145 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 918 females per 1000 males. The village covers 19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 755008, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melaka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melaka village
Description	Value
State	Odisha
District	Jajapur
Tehsil	Kuakhia
Pincode	755008
Area (hectares)	19 hectares
Population	303
Male Population	158
Female Population	145
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	918
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Melaka compares

By the 2011 count Melaka is the 51st largest of the 62 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,040 residents. Its 19 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 959.

Getting to Melaka

Melaka is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Melaka as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Kulagan 2, Kulakuransa, Kulan Paikarapur and Masurapur. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Melaka

As per the Census of India 2011, Melaka village had a population of 303. That makes it the 51st largest of the 62 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,040 residents.

Melaka village has 158 males and 145 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melaka has about 918 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 959.

The pincode recorded for Melaka is 755008. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melaka covers 19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Melaka falls under Kuakhia tehsil of Jajapur district in Odisha.

The census record for Melaka notes the nearest railway station 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 5 - 10 km distance for Melaka.

Melaka is in Kuakhia tehsil of Jajapur district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.