About Melawas Village

Melawas is a mid sized village in Luni tehsil, in the district of Jodhpur, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 525, made up of 270 males and 255 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 944 females per 1000 males. The village covers 666 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 342802, 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	Luni
Pincode	342802
Area (hectares)	666 hectares
Population	525
Male Population	270
Female Population	255
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	944
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 Melawas compares

By the 2011 count Melawas is the 116th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,307 residents. Its 666 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 944.

Getting to Melawas

Melawas is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Melawas 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Melawas from other places

Melawas lies about 32 km from Jodhpur, and the nearest railway station is Dundara, about 19 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 railway station	Dundara	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Luni	24 km
Nearest town	Sāngaria	28 km
District headquarters	Jodhpur	32 km

Villages closest to Melawas

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melawas village had a population of 525. That makes it the 116th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,307 residents.

Melawas village has 270 males and 255 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melawas has about 944 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 944.

The pincode recorded for Melawas is 342802. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melawas covers 666 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Melawas falls under Luni tehsil of Jodhpur district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Melawas is Dundara, about 19 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Melawas.

Melawas is about 32 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 Luni tehsil of Jodhpur district. Dundara is about 19 km away. Luni is about 24 km away. Sāngaria is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.