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About Megur Village

Megur is a mid sized village in Mudigere tehsil, in the district of Chikmagalur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 673, made up of 332 males and 341 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,027 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1061.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577122, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Megur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Megur village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Chikmagalur
Tehsil Mudigere
Pincode 577122
Area (hectares) 1061.42 hectares
Population 673
Male Population 332
Female Population 341
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,027
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Megur compares

By the 2011 count Megur is the 51st largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 836 residents. Its 1061.42 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1042.

Getting to Megur

Megur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Megur 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Megur from other places

Megur lies about 38 km from Chikmagalur, and the nearest railway station is Chikkamagaluru, about 39 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 Megur
Tehsil headquarters Mudigere 19 km
District headquarters Chikmagalur 38 km
Nearest town Chikmagalūr 38 km
Nearest railway station Chikkamagaluru 39 km

Villages closest to Megur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Megur village had a population of 673. That makes it the 51st largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 836 residents.

Megur village has 332 males and 341 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Megur has about 1027 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1042.

The pincode recorded for Megur is 577122. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Megur covers 1061.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Megur falls under Mudigere tehsil of Chikmagalur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Megur is Chikkamagaluru, about 39 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 <5 km distance for Megur.

Megur is about 38 km from Chikmagalur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Megur is in Mudigere tehsil of Chikmagalur district. Mudigere is about 19 km away. Chikmagalur is about 38 km away. Chikmagalūr is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Aramane Thalagur (1.8 km), Sunkasale (1.9 km) and Beejavalli (2.0 km).

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

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