About Mengasandra Village

Mengasandra is a mid sized village in Hosdurga tehsil, in the district of Chitradurga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 922, made up of 466 males and 456 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 979 females per 1000 males. The village covers 361.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577542, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mengasandra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mengasandra village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chitradurga
Tehsil	Hosdurga
Pincode	577542
Area (hectares)	361.31 hectares
Population	922
Male Population	466
Female Population	456
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	979
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Mengasandra compares

By the 2011 count Mengasandra is the 82nd largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,034 residents. Its 361.31 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 957.

Getting to Mengasandra

Mengasandra is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Mengasandra as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Mengasandra from other places

Mengasandra lies about 60 km from Chitradurga, and the nearest railway station is Hosadurga Road, about 37 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 Mengasandra
Tehsil headquarters	Hosdurga	19 km
Nearest town	Hosadurga	19 km
Nearest railway station	Hosadurga Road	37 km
District headquarters	Chitradurga	60 km

Villages closest to Mengasandra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Mengasandra village had a population of 922. That makes it the 82nd largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,034 residents.

Mengasandra village has 466 males and 456 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mengasandra has about 979 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 957.

The pincode recorded for Mengasandra is 577542. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mengasandra covers 361.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Mengasandra falls under Hosdurga tehsil of Chitradurga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Mengasandra is Hosadurga Road, about 37 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 - 10 km distance for Mengasandra.

Mengasandra is about 60 km from Chitradurga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mengasandra is in Hosdurga tehsil of Chitradurga district. Hosdurga is about 19 km away. Hosadurga is about 19 km away. Hosadurga Road is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.