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About Melkheri Village

Melkheri is a mid sized village in Lachhmangarh tehsil, in the district of Alwar, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,103, made up of 598 males and 505 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 844 females per 1000 males. The village covers 382.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 301021, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melkheri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melkheri village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Alwar
Tehsil Lachhmangarh
Pincode 301021
Area (hectares) 382.2 hectares
Population 1,103
Male Population 598
Female Population 505
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 844
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Melkheri compares

By the 2011 count Melkheri is the 89th largest of the 203 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,356 residents. Its 382.2 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 899.

Getting to Melkheri

Melkheri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Melkheri as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Melkheri from other places

Melkheri lies about 28 km from Alwar, and the nearest railway station is Jadoli Ka Bas, about 11 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 Melkheri
Tehsil headquarters Lachhmangarh 8.7 km
Nearest railway station Jadoli Ka Bas 11 km
Nearest town Nagar 22 km
District headquarters Alwar 28 km

Villages closest to Melkheri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melkheri village had a population of 1,103. That makes it the 89th largest of the 203 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,356 residents.

Melkheri village has 598 males and 505 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melkheri has about 844 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 899.

The pincode recorded for Melkheri is 301021. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melkheri covers 382.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Melkheri falls under Lachhmangarh tehsil of Alwar district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Melkheri is Jadoli Ka Bas, about 11 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Melkheri.

Melkheri is about 28 km from Alwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melkheri is in Lachhmangarh tehsil of Alwar district. Lachhmangarh is about 8.7 km away. Jadoli Ka Bas is about 11 km away. Nagar is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mokalheri (under 2 km), Resti (under 2 km) and Dusrahera (under 2 km).

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

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