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About Meenhabal Village

Meenhabal is a mid sized village in Sedam tehsil, in the district of Gulbarga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,176, made up of 561 males and 615 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,096 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1058.07 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585317, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Meenhabal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Meenhabal village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Gulbarga
Tehsil Sedam
Pincode 585317
Area (hectares) 1058.07 hectares
Population 1,176
Male Population 561
Female Population 615
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,096
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Meenhabal compares

By the 2011 count Meenhabal is the 50th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,584 residents. Its 1058.07 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1024.

Getting to Meenhabal

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

Meenhabal lies about 57 km from Gulbarga, and the nearest railway station is Kurgunta, about 4.3 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 Meenhabal
Nearest railway station Kurgunta 4.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Sedam 9.7 km
District headquarters Gulbarga 57 km

Villages closest to Meenhabal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Meenhabal village had a population of 1,176. That makes it the 50th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,584 residents.

Meenhabal village has 561 males and 615 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Meenhabal has about 1096 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1024.

The pincode recorded for Meenhabal is 585317. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Meenhabal covers 1058.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Meenhabal falls under Sedam tehsil of Gulbarga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Meenhabal is Kurgunta, about 4.3 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 Meenhabal.

Meenhabal is about 57 km from Gulbarga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Meenhabal is in Sedam tehsil of Gulbarga district. Kurgunta is about 4.3 km away. Sedam is about 9.7 km away. Gulbarga is about 57 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Habal (under 2 km), Sangavi (2.2 km) and Telkur (2.7 km).

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

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