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About Maisalga Village

Maisalga is a mid sized village in Basavakalyan tehsil, in the district of Bidar, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,687, made up of 868 males and 819 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 944 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1044.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585437, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maisalga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maisalga village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Bidar
Tehsil Basavakalyan
Pincode 585437
Area (hectares) 1044.34 hectares
Population 1,687
Male Population 868
Female Population 819
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 944
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Maisalga compares

By the 2011 count Maisalga is the 53rd largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,509 residents. Its 1044.34 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Maisalga

Maisalga is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Maisalga as Available within village. 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Maisalga from other places

Maisalga lies about 72 km from Bidar, and the nearest railway station is Kamalapura, about 12 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 Maisalga
Nearest railway station Kamalapura 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Basavakalyan 25 km
District headquarters Bidar 72 km

Villages closest to Maisalga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Maisalga village had a population of 1,687. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,509 residents.

Maisalga village has 868 males and 819 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maisalga has about 944 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 969.

The pincode recorded for Maisalga is 585437. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maisalga covers 1044.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Maisalga falls under Basavakalyan tehsil of Bidar district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Maisalga is Kamalapura, about 12 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Maisalga.

Maisalga is about 72 km from Bidar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maisalga is in Basavakalyan tehsil of Bidar district. Kamalapura is about 12 km away. Basavakalyan is about 25 km away. Bidar is about 72 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gadlegaon (4.3 km), Janwada (4.4 km) and Chicknagaon (5.0 km).

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

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