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About Dhani Melana Village

Dhani Melana is a mid sized village in Sarada tehsil, in the district of Udaipur, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,284, made up of 678 males and 606 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 894 females per 1000 males. The village covers 272.84 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 313905, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dhani Melana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhani Melana village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Udaipur
Tehsil Sarada
Pincode 313905
Area (hectares) 272.84 hectares
Population 1,284
Male Population 678
Female Population 606
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 894
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Dhani Melana compares

By the 2011 count Dhani Melana is the 62nd largest of the 189 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,130 residents. Its 272.84 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Dhani Melana

The census records public bus service for Dhani Melana 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dhani Melana from other places

Dhani Melana lies about 61 km from Udaipur, and the nearest railway station is Semari, about 2.6 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 Dhani Melana
Nearest railway station Semari 2.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Sarada 11 km
Nearest town Dūngarpur 26 km
District headquarters Udaipur 61 km

Villages closest to Dhani Melana

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sarada 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 Dhani Melana

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhani Melana village had a population of 1,284. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 189 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,130 residents.

Dhani Melana village has 678 males and 606 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhani Melana has about 894 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

The pincode recorded for Dhani Melana is 313905. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dhani Melana covers 272.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dhani Melana falls under Sarada tehsil of Udaipur district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Dhani Melana is Semari, about 2.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 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 Dhani Melana.

Dhani Melana is about 61 km from Udaipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhani Melana is in Sarada tehsil of Udaipur district. Semari is about 2.6 km away. Sarada is about 11 km away. Dūngarpur is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bori Malan (under 2 km), Semari (2.2 km) and Ambara (2.3 km).

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

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