About Mensur Village

Mensur is a mid sized village in Narasimharajapura tehsil, in the district of Chikmagalur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 897, made up of 391 males and 506 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,294 females per 1000 males. The village covers 382.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577134, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mensur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mensur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chikmagalur
Tehsil	Narasimharajapura
Pincode	577134
Area (hectares)	382.64 hectares
Population	897
Male Population	391
Female Population	506
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,294
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Mensur compares

By the 2011 count Mensur is the 22nd largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,029 residents. Its 382.64 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1042.

Getting to Mensur

Mensur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Mensur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Mensur from other places

Mensur lies about 44 km from Chikmagalur, and the nearest railway station is Bellenahalli, about 33 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 Mensur
Tehsil headquarters	Narasimharajapura	1.7 km
Nearest railway station	Bellenahalli	33 km
Nearest town	Bhadrāvati	34 km
District headquarters	Chikmagalur	44 km

Villages closest to Mensur

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

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Common questions about Mensur

As per the Census of India 2011, Mensur village had a population of 897. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,029 residents.

Mensur village has 391 males and 506 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mensur has about 1294 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1042.

The pincode recorded for Mensur is 577134. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mensur covers 382.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Mensur falls under Narasimharajapura tehsil of Chikmagalur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Mensur is Bellenahalli, about 33 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 village for Mensur.

Mensur is about 44 km from Chikmagalur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mensur is in Narasimharajapura tehsil of Chikmagalur district. Narasimharajapura is about 1.7 km away. Bellenahalli is about 33 km away. Bhadrāvati is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.