About Melkhet Village

Melkhet is a small village in Tharali tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 314, made up of 150 males and 164 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,093 females per 1000 males. The village covers 55.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246427, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melkhet Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melkhet village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Tharali
Pincode	246427
Area (hectares)	55.05 hectares
Population	314
Male Population	150
Female Population	164
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,093
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Melkhet compares

By the 2011 count Melkhet is the 89th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 282 residents. Its 55.05 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1152.

Getting to Melkhet

Melkhet is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Melkhet as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Melkhet from other places

Melkhet lies about 56 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 86 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 Melkhet
Tehsil headquarters	Tharali	19 km
Nearest town	Almora	48 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	56 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	86 km

Villages closest to Melkhet

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melkhet village had a population of 314. That makes it the 89th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 282 residents.

Melkhet village has 150 males and 164 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melkhet has about 1093 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1152.

The pincode recorded for Melkhet is 246427. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melkhet covers 55.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Melkhet falls under Tharali tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Melkhet is Kathgodam, about 86 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Melkhet.

Melkhet is about 56 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melkhet is in Tharali tehsil of Chamoli district. Tharali is about 19 km away. Almora is about 48 km away. Chamoli is about 56 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.