About Melawas Village

Melawas is a mid sized village in Marwar Junction tehsil, in the district of Pali, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,198, made up of 593 males and 605 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,020 females per 1000 males. The village covers 681 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 306103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melawas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melawas village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Pali
Tehsil	Marwar Junction
Pincode	306103
Area (hectares)	681 hectares
Population	1,198
Male Population	593
Female Population	605
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,020
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Melawas compares

By the 2011 count Melawas is the 42nd largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,199 residents. Its 681 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1037.

Getting to Melawas

Melawas is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Melawas as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 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 48 km from Pali, and the nearest railway station is Sojat Road, about 4.5 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	Sojat Road	4.5 km
Nearest town	Sojat	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Marwar Junction	24 km
District headquarters	Pali	48 km

Villages closest to Melawas

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Marwar Junction 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 1,198. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,199 residents.

Melawas village has 593 males and 605 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melawas has about 1020 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1037.

The pincode recorded for Melawas is 306103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melawas covers 681 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Melawas falls under Marwar Junction tehsil of Pali district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Melawas is Sojat Road, about 4.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Melawas.

Melawas is about 48 km from Pali in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melawas is in Marwar Junction tehsil of Pali district. Sojat Road is about 4.5 km away. Sojat is about 16 km away. Marwar Junction is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.