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About Menna Bettu Village

Menna Bettu is a large village in Mangalore tehsil, in the district of Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,374, made up of 2,072 males and 2,302 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,111 females per 1000 males. The village covers 551.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 574150, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Menna Bettu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Menna Bettu village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Dakshina Kannada
Tehsil Mangalore
Pincode 574150
Area (hectares) 551.9 hectares
Population 4,374
Male Population 2,072
Female Population 2,302
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,111
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Menna Bettu compares

By the 2011 count Menna Bettu is the 11th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,838 residents. Its 551.9 hectares work out to about 7.9 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1060.

Getting to Menna Bettu

Menna Bettu is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Menna Bettu 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Menna Bettu from other places

Menna Bettu lies about 48 km from Dakshina Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Mulki, about 6.0 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 Menna Bettu
Nearest railway station Mulki 6.0 km
Nearest town Mūdbidri 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Mangalore 15 km
District headquarters Dakshina Kannada 48 km

Villages closest to Menna Bettu

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mangalore 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 Menna Bettu

As per the Census of India 2011, Menna Bettu village had a population of 4,374. That makes it the 11th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,838 residents.

Menna Bettu village has 2,072 males and 2,302 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Menna Bettu has about 1111 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1060.

The pincode recorded for Menna Bettu is 574150. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Menna Bettu covers 551.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.9 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Menna Bettu falls under Mangalore tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Menna Bettu is Mulki, about 6.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Menna Bettu.

Menna Bettu is about 48 km from Dakshina Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Menna Bettu is in Mangalore tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district. Mulki is about 6.0 km away. Mūdbidri is about 15 km away. Mangalore is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Talipady (under 2 km), Kondemula (1.7 km) and Aikala (2.2 km).

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

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