About Melwa Village

Melwa is a small village in Jahazpur tehsil, in the district of Bhilwara, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 468, made up of 244 males and 224 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 918 females per 1000 males. The village covers 502 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 311203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melwa village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Bhilwara
Tehsil	Jahazpur
Pincode	311203
Area (hectares)	502 hectares
Population	468
Male Population	244
Female Population	224
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 Melwa compares

By the 2011 count Melwa is the 137th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 886 residents. Its 502 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 935.

Getting to Melwa

Melwa is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Melwa 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Melwa from other places

Melwa lies about 64 km from Bhilwara, and the nearest railway station is Upramal, about 23 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 Melwa
Tehsil headquarters	Jahazpur	16 km
Nearest town	Jahāzpur	16 km
Nearest railway station	Upramal	23 km
District headquarters	Bhilwara	64 km

Villages closest to Melwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melwa village had a population of 468. That makes it the 137th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 886 residents.

Melwa village has 244 males and 224 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melwa has about 918 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 935.

The pincode recorded for Melwa is 311203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melwa covers 502 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Melwa falls under Jahazpur tehsil of Bhilwara district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Melwa is Upramal, about 23 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 5 - 10 km distance for Melwa.

Melwa is about 64 km from Bhilwara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melwa is in Jahazpur tehsil of Bhilwara district. Jahazpur is about 16 km away. Jahāzpur is about 16 km away. Upramal is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.