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About Melawas Village

Melawas is a mid sized village in Bhopalgarh tehsil, in the district of Jodhpur, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,088, made up of 576 males and 512 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 889 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1760.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 342037, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melawas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melawas village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Jodhpur
Tehsil Bhopalgarh
Pincode 342037
Area (hectares) 1760.06 hectares
Population 1,088
Male Population 576
Female Population 512
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 889
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Melawas compares

By the 2011 count Melawas is the 87th largest of the 157 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,030 residents. Its 1760.06 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Melawas

Melawas is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Melawas as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Melawas from other places

Melawas lies about 66 km from Jodhpur, and the nearest railway station is Pipar City, about 12 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 Melawas
Nearest town Pīpār 11 km
Nearest railway station Pipar City 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Bhopalgarh 28 km
District headquarters Jodhpur 66 km

Villages closest to Melawas

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melawas village had a population of 1,088. That makes it the 87th largest of the 157 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,030 residents.

Melawas village has 576 males and 512 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melawas has about 889 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 943.

The pincode recorded for Melawas is 342037. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melawas covers 1760.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Melawas falls under Bhopalgarh tehsil of Jodhpur district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Melawas is Pipar City, about 12 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Melawas.

Melawas is about 66 km from Jodhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melawas is in Bhopalgarh tehsil of Jodhpur district. Pīpār is about 11 km away. Pipar City is about 12 km away. Bhopalgarh is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kosana (1.7 km), Siyara (5.7 km) and Satheen (7.0 km).

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

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