About Melli Village

Melli is a large village in Namchi tehsil, in the district of South District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,602, made up of 1,348 males and 1,254 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 930 females per 1000 males. The village covers 45.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737128, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melli village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	South District
Tehsil	Namchi
Pincode	737128
Area (hectares)	45.38 hectares
Population	2,602
Male Population	1,348
Female Population	1,254
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	930
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Melli compares

By the 2011 count Melli is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 826 residents. Its 45.38 hectares work out to about 57 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Melli

Melli is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Melli 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Melli from other places

Melli 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
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

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.

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Common questions about Melli

As per the Census of India 2011, Melli village had a population of 2,602. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 826 residents.

Melli village has 1,348 males and 1,254 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melli has about 930 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 937.

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

Melli covers 45.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 57 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

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

The nearest railway station to Melli 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Melli.

Melli 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 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.