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About Melanpur Village

Melanpur is a small village in Raninagar I tehsil, in the district of Murshidabad, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 278, made up of 131 males and 147 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,122 females per 1000 males. The village covers 67.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 742304, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melanpur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Murshidabad
Tehsil Raninagar I
Pincode 742304
Area (hectares) 67.34 hectares
Population 278
Male Population 131
Female Population 147
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,122
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 Melanpur compares

By the 2011 count Melanpur is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,889 residents. Its 67.34 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 961.

Getting to Melanpur

Melanpur is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Melanpur 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. The nearest villages by name are Kasbagoas, Kharkati, Khemrajpur and Lochanpur. 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.

Common questions about Melanpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Melanpur village had a population of 278. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,889 residents.

Melanpur village has 131 males and 147 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melanpur has about 1122 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 961.

The pincode recorded for Melanpur is 742304. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melanpur covers 67.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Melanpur falls under Raninagar I tehsil of Murshidabad district in West Bengal.

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

Melanpur is in Raninagar I tehsil of Murshidabad 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.

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

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