About Meelam Village

Meelam is a small village in Munsiari tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 135, made up of 118 males and 17 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 144 females per 1000 males. The village covers 138.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262554, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Meelam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Meelam village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Tehsil	Munsiari
Pincode	262554
Area (hectares)	138.88 hectares
Population	135
Male Population	118
Female Population	17
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	144
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 Meelam compares

By the 2011 count Meelam is the 110th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 213 residents. Its 138.88 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1054.

Getting to Meelam

Meelam is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Meelam 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. The nearest villages by name are Mapa, Martoli, Matena and Matyali. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Meelam

As per the Census of India 2011, Meelam village had a population of 135. That makes it the 110th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 213 residents.

Meelam village has 118 males and 17 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Meelam has about 144 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1054.

The pincode recorded for Meelam is 262554. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Meelam covers 138.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Meelam falls under Munsiari tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Meelam notes the nearest railway station 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 Meelam.

Meelam is in Munsiari tehsil of Pithoragarh district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.