About Melki Village

Melki is a small village in Gangdhar tehsil, in the district of Jhalawar, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 431, made up of 212 males and 219 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,033 females per 1000 males. The village covers 135.41 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 326516, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melki Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melki village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Jhalawar
Tehsil	Gangdhar
Pincode	326516
Area (hectares)	135.41 hectares
Population	431
Male Population	212
Female Population	219
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,033
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 Melki compares

By the 2011 count Melki is the 127th largest of the 181 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 865 residents. Its 135.41 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Melki

Melki is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Melki 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 Melki from other places

Melki lies about 88 km from Jhalawar, and the nearest railway station is Chowmahala, about 9.4 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 Melki
Tehsil headquarters	Gangdhar	7.2 km
Nearest railway station	Chowmahala	9.4 km
Nearest town	Alot	23 km
District headquarters	Jhalawar	88 km

Villages closest to Melki

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melki village had a population of 431. That makes it the 127th largest of the 181 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 865 residents.

Melki village has 212 males and 219 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melki has about 1033 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 949.

The pincode recorded for Melki is 326516. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melki covers 135.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Melki falls under Gangdhar tehsil of Jhalawar district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Melki is Chowmahala, about 9.4 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 Melki.

Melki is about 88 km from Jhalawar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melki is in Gangdhar tehsil of Jhalawar district. Gangdhar is about 7.2 km away. Chowmahala is about 9.4 km away. Alot is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.