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About Melkharia Village

Melkharia is a small village in Binpur I tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 163, made up of 81 males and 82 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,012 females per 1000 males. The village covers 35.13 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melkharia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melkharia village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil Binpur I
Pincode 721121
Area (hectares) 35.13 hectares
Population 163
Male Population 81
Female Population 82
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,012
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Melkharia compares

By the 2011 count Melkharia is the 238th largest of the 381 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 373 residents. Its 35.13 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Melkharia

Melkharia is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Melkharia as Available within 5 - 10 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 Manpur, Mathakati, Maujithan and Meghabandi. 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 Melkharia

As per the Census of India 2011, Melkharia village had a population of 163. That makes it the 238th largest of the 381 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 373 residents.

Melkharia village has 81 males and 82 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melkharia has about 1012 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Melkharia is 721121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melkharia covers 35.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Melkharia falls under Binpur I tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Melkharia notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Melkharia.

Melkharia is in Binpur I tehsil of Paschim Medinipur 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 Melkharia today is likely to be higher.

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