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About Melap Village

Melap is a mid sized village in Marwar Junction tehsil, in the district of Pali, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 805, made up of 392 males and 413 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,054 females per 1000 males. The village covers 446 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 306103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melap Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melap village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Pali
Tehsil Marwar Junction
Pincode 306103
Area (hectares) 446 hectares
Population 805
Male Population 392
Female Population 413
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,054
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Melap compares

By the 2011 count Melap is the 70th largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,199 residents. Its 446 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, a little above the tehsil average of 1037.

Getting to Melap

Melap is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Melap as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Melap from other places

Melap lies about 49 km from Pali, and the nearest railway station is Marwar Ranawas, 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 Melap
Nearest railway station Marwar Ranawas 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Marwar Junction 21 km
Nearest town Sojat 24 km
District headquarters Pali 49 km

Villages closest to Melap

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.

Common questions about Melap

As per the Census of India 2011, Melap village had a population of 805. That makes it the 70th largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,199 residents.

Melap village has 392 males and 413 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melap has about 1054 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1037.

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

Melap covers 446 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.

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

The nearest railway station to Melap is Marwar Ranawas, 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 village for Melap.

Melap is about 49 km from Pali in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melap is in Marwar Junction tehsil of Pali district. Marwar Ranawas is about 12 km away. Marwar Junction is about 21 km away. Sojat is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Shekhawas (2.4 km), Thal (3.1 km) and Mudiya (3.1 km).

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

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