About Megur Village

Megur is a mid sized village in Ron tehsil, in the district of Gadag, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 677, made up of 356 males and 321 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 902 females per 1000 males. The village covers 390.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 583278, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Megur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Megur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Gadag
Tehsil	Ron
Pincode	583278
Area (hectares)	390.54 hectares
Population	677
Male Population	356
Female Population	321
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	902
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Megur compares

By the 2011 count Megur is the 81st largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,062 residents. Its 390.54 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 984.

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 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 Megur from other places

Megur lies about 40 km from Gadag, and the nearest railway station is Somanakatti, about 6.4 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
Nearest railway station	Somanakatti	6.4 km
Nearest town	Bādāmi	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ron	19 km
District headquarters	Gadag	40 km

Villages closest to Megur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Megur village had a population of 677. That makes it the 81st largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,062 residents.

Megur village has 356 males and 321 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Megur has about 902 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Megur is 583278. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Megur covers 390.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Megur falls under Ron tehsil of Gadag district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Megur is Somanakatti, about 6.4 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 10+ km distance for Megur.

Megur is about 40 km from Gadag in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Megur is in Ron tehsil of Gadag district. Somanakatti is about 6.4 km away. Bādāmi is about 18 km away. Ron is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.