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About Melli Forest Block Village

Melli Forest Block is a small village in Namchi tehsil, in the district of South District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 77, made up of 45 males and 32 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 711 females per 1000 males. The village covers 4277.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737128, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melli Forest Block Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melli Forest Block village
Description Value
State Sikkim
District South District
Tehsil Namchi
Pincode 737128
Area (hectares) 4277.68 hectares
Population 77
Male Population 45
Female Population 32
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 711
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 Melli Forest Block compares

By the 2011 count Melli Forest Block is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 826 residents. Its 4277.68 hectares work out to about 0.0 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 937.

Getting to Melli Forest Block

Melli Forest Block is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Melli Forest Block 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 Melli Forest Block from other places

Melli Forest Block lies about 12 km from South District, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 20 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 Melli Forest Block
Tehsil headquarters Namchi 12 km
District headquarters South District 12 km
Nearest town Kālimpong 18 km
Nearest railway station Darjeeling 20 km

Villages closest to Melli Forest Block

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Namchi 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 Melli Forest Block

As per the Census of India 2011, Melli Forest Block village had a population of 77. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 826 residents.

Melli Forest Block village has 45 males and 32 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melli Forest Block has about 711 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 937.

The pincode recorded for Melli Forest Block is 737128. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melli Forest Block covers 4277.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Melli Forest Block falls under Namchi tehsil of South District district in Sikkim.

The nearest railway station to Melli Forest Block is Darjeeling, about 20 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 Melli Forest Block.

Melli Forest Block is about 12 km from South District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melli Forest Block is in Namchi tehsil of South District district. Namchi is about 12 km away. South District is about 12 km away. Kālimpong is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Melli (under 2 km), Mellidara (under 2 km) and Paiyong (2.0 km).

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

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