About Menase Village

Menase is a large village in Sringeri tehsil, in the district of Chikmagalur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,236, made up of 1,154 males and 1,082 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. The village covers 497.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577139, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Menase Overview

Census 2011 figures for Menase village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chikmagalur
Tehsil	Sringeri
Pincode	577139
Area (hectares)	497.9 hectares
Population	2,236
Male Population	1,154
Female Population	1,082
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	938
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Menase compares

By the 2011 count Menase is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 680 residents. Its 497.9 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1031.

Getting to Menase

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

Menase lies about 56 km from Chikmagalur, and the nearest railway station is Udupi, about 55 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 Menase
Tehsil headquarters	Sringeri	1.9 km
Nearest town	Someshwar	23 km
Nearest railway station	Udupi	55 km
District headquarters	Chikmagalur	56 km

Villages closest to Menase

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Menase village had a population of 2,236. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 680 residents.

Menase village has 1,154 males and 1,082 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Menase has about 938 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1031.

The pincode recorded for Menase is 577139. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Menase covers 497.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Menase falls under Sringeri tehsil of Chikmagalur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Menase is Udupi, about 55 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 Menase.

Menase is about 56 km from Chikmagalur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Menase is in Sringeri tehsil of Chikmagalur district. Sringeri is about 1.9 km away. Someshwar is about 23 km away. Udupi is about 55 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.