About Melghutu Village

Melghutu is a small village in Biswanathpur tehsil, in the district of Kalahandi, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 273, made up of 130 males and 143 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,100 females per 1000 males. The village covers 70 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 766020, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melghutu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melghutu village
Description	Value
State	Odisha
District	Kalahandi
Tehsil	Biswanathpur
Pincode	766020
Area (hectares)	70 hectares
Population	273
Male Population	130
Female Population	143
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,100
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 Melghutu compares

By the 2011 count Melghutu is the 18th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 191 residents. Its 70 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1081.

Getting to Melghutu

Melghutu is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Melghutu 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. The nearest villages by name are Maisipita, Manaska, Mandiarucha and Matakera. 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 Melghutu

As per the Census of India 2011, Melghutu village had a population of 273. That makes it the 18th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 191 residents.

Melghutu village has 130 males and 143 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melghutu has about 1100 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1081.

The pincode recorded for Melghutu is 766020. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melghutu covers 70 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Melghutu falls under Biswanathpur tehsil of Kalahandi district in Odisha.

The census record for Melghutu notes the nearest railway station 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 Melghutu.

Melghutu is in Biswanathpur tehsil of Kalahandi 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.