About Mellidara Village

Mellidara is a mid sized village in Namchi tehsil, in the district of South District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,670, made up of 815 males and 855 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,049 females per 1000 males. The village covers 362.15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737128, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mellidara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mellidara village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	South District
Tehsil	Namchi
Pincode	737128
Area (hectares)	362.15 hectares
Population	1,670
Male Population	815
Female Population	855
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,049
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Mellidara compares

By the 2011 count Mellidara is the 6th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 826 residents. Its 362.15 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Mellidara

Mellidara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Mellidara as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Mellidara from other places

Mellidara 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 Mellidara
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 Mellidara

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 Mellidara

As per the Census of India 2011, Mellidara village had a population of 1,670. That makes it the 6th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 826 residents.

Mellidara village has 815 males and 855 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mellidara has about 1049 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 937.

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

Mellidara covers 362.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Mellidara 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 10+ km distance for Mellidara.

Mellidara 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.

Mellidara 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.