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About Manakathur Village

Manakathur is a mid sized village in Arsikere tehsil, in the district of Hassan, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 623, made up of 300 males and 323 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,077 females per 1000 males. The village covers 490.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 573112, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Manakathur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Manakathur village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Hassan
Tehsil Arsikere
Pincode 573112
Area (hectares) 490.16 hectares
Population 623
Male Population 300
Female Population 323
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,077
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Manakathur compares

By the 2011 count Manakathur is the 141st largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 764 residents. Its 490.16 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 1018.

Getting to Manakathur

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

Manakathur lies about 48 km from Hassan, and the nearest railway station is Banavar, about 5.6 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 Manakathur
Nearest railway station Banavar 5.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Arsikere 16 km
District headquarters Hassan 48 km

Villages closest to Manakathur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Manakathur village had a population of 623. That makes it the 141st largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 764 residents.

Manakathur village has 300 males and 323 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Manakathur has about 1077 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1018.

The pincode recorded for Manakathur is 573112. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Manakathur covers 490.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Manakathur falls under Arsikere tehsil of Hassan district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Manakathur is Banavar, about 5.6 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 Manakathur.

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

Manakathur is in Arsikere tehsil of Hassan district. Banavar is about 5.6 km away. Arsikere is about 16 km away. Hassan is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mallapura (under 2 km), Uppinahalli (under 2 km) and Thondiganahalli (1.5 km).

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

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