About Melaghar Village

Melaghar is one of the larger villages in Melaghar tehsil, in the district of West Tripura, Tripura. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 12,379, made up of 6,398 males and 5,981 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 935 females per 1000 males. The village covers 383 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 799115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melaghar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melaghar village
Description	Value
State	Tripura
District	West Tripura
Tehsil	Melaghar
Pincode	799115
Area (hectares)	383 hectares
Population	12,379
Male Population	6,398
Female Population	5,981
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	935
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Melaghar compares

By the 2011 count Melaghar is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 4,138 residents. Its 383 hectares work out to about 32 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Melaghar

Melaghar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Melaghar 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 Melaghar from other places

Melaghar lies about 41 km from West Tripura, and the nearest railway station is Bagma, 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 Melaghar
Nearest railway station	Bagma	12 km
Nearest town	Udaipur	16 km
District headquarters	West Tripura	41 km

Villages closest to Melaghar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melaghar village had a population of 12,379. 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 4,138 residents.

Melaghar village has 6,398 males and 5,981 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melaghar has about 935 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 954.

The pincode recorded for Melaghar is 799115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melaghar covers 383 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 32 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Melaghar falls under Melaghar tehsil of West Tripura district in Tripura.

The nearest railway station to Melaghar is Bagma, 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Melaghar.

Melaghar is about 41 km from West Tripura in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melaghar is in Melaghar tehsil of West Tripura district. Bagma is about 12 km away. Udaipur is about 16 km away. West Tripura is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.