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About Menasi Village

Menasi is a mid sized village in Dod Ballapur tehsil, in the district of Bangalore Rural, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,137, made up of 592 males and 545 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 921 females per 1000 males. The village covers 217.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 561203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Menasi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Menasi village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Bangalore Rural
Tehsil Dod Ballapur
Pincode 561203
Area (hectares) 217.26 hectares
Population 1,137
Male Population 592
Female Population 545
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 921
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Menasi compares

By the 2011 count Menasi is the 47th largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 732 residents. Its 217.26 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 959.

Getting to Menasi

Menasi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Menasi as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Menasi from other places

Menasi lies about 11 km from Bangalore Rural, and the nearest railway station is Dodballapur, about 6.7 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 Menasi
Tehsil headquarters Dod Ballapur 5.4 km
Nearest town Doddaballapura 5.4 km
Nearest railway station Dodballapur 6.7 km
District headquarters Bangalore Rural 11 km

Villages closest to Menasi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dod Ballapur 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 Menasi

As per the Census of India 2011, Menasi village had a population of 1,137. That makes it the 47th largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 732 residents.

Menasi village has 592 males and 545 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Menasi has about 921 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 959.

The pincode recorded for Menasi is 561203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Menasi covers 217.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Menasi falls under Dod Ballapur tehsil of Bangalore Rural district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Menasi is Dodballapur, about 6.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Menasi.

Menasi is about 11 km from Bangalore Rural in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Menasi is in Dod Ballapur tehsil of Bangalore Rural district. Dod Ballapur is about 5.4 km away. Doddaballapura is about 5.4 km away. Dodballapur is about 6.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are K G Kuntanahalli (under 2 km), Kuntanahalli (under 2 km) and Byadarajakkasandra (under 2 km).

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

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