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About Melgaon Village

Melgaon is a small village in Lansdowne tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 160, made up of 75 males and 85 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,133 females per 1000 males. The village covers 122.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246170, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melgaon village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Lansdowne
Pincode 246170
Area (hectares) 122.89 hectares
Population 160
Male Population 75
Female Population 85
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,133
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 Melgaon compares

By the 2011 count Melgaon is the 164th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 148 residents. Its 122.89 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1243.

Getting to Melgaon

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

Melgaon lies about 32 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 43 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 Melgaon
Tehsil headquarters Lansdowne 25 km
Nearest town Pauri 31 km
District headquarters Garhwal 32 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 43 km

Villages closest to Melgaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melgaon village had a population of 160. That makes it the 164th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 148 residents.

Melgaon village has 75 males and 85 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melgaon has about 1133 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1243.

The pincode recorded for Melgaon is 246170. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melgaon covers 122.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Melgaon falls under Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Melgaon is Kotdwara, about 43 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 Melgaon.

Melgaon is about 32 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melgaon is in Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district. Lansdowne is about 25 km away. Pauri is about 31 km away. Garhwal is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Masmoli (under 2 km), Pokhata (under 2 km) and Amrora (under 2 km).

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

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